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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which personalities does Teddy get to know?

2. After Granny Dorsett died, who takes over Sybil's body when she is not at school?

3. What is one word to describe Sybil's parents?

4. What does Hattie to do the neighbor's bushes?

5. What does the town think of Hattie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the first dissociation that Dr. Wilbur can identify?

2. What parts of Sybil's life play into her disorder?

3. As far as Sybil's treatment is concerned, what do Sybil's parents mostly question her about?

4. Why is Sybil hesitant to share more of her feelings and life with Dr. Wilbur?

5. Describe Hattie's personality.

6. Sybil catches her parents having sex, and it scares her. Why does this severely scar Sybil?

7. Why do Sybil and Dr. Wilbur's sessions suddenly stop?

8. As the novel begins, where does the reader find Sybil Isabel Dorsett?

9. How does Sybil cope with difficult things that happen in her life?

10. What does Dr. Wilbur decide she must understand about Sybil's early life to cure her.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Sybil cannot understand why she must be integrated with all the selves.

1. Why must each self become fully integrated with Sybil?

2. How does Dr. Wilbur work to integrate each personality?

3. Why does she need the selves?

4. How is the creation of the different personalities different from the way other "normal" people handle trauma in their lives.

Essay Topic 2

First impressions are quickly shattered through the novel.

a. Describe Dr. Wilbur's first impression of Hattie and Willard Dorsett.

b. How do the Dorsett's hide their cruelty and indifference towards Sybil from other people?

c. How can money and social standing protect people who commit evil acts?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and Contrast one set of the following personalities:

1. Mike & Sid

2. Sybil Ann & Clara

3. Vicky & Nancy

4. Vanessa & Mary

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