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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. What does Sybil realize about her time with Dr. Wilbur?

2. What is the root cause of Sybil's adult psychosis?

3. What can Dr. Wilbur sense?

4. When Sybil's friend, Danny, leaves, what personality steps in?

5. After losing some time in the beginning of the section, Sybil is _ and _.

Short Essay Questions

1. To the rest of the world what does Sybil seem to be?

2. Why are many children confused or uncomfortable with their parents having sex?

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

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

5. Describe the personality of Vicky.

6. What type of case is Sybil's? Why is the author so excited to report on Sybil's case?

7. Explain what Willow Corners is to Sybil.

8. Describe Peggy Lou and how she is different from Sybil.

9. What happens to Hattie when the Depression hits the United States?

10. Name some activities that Hattie forced Sybil to partake in.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sybil creates Sid & Mike to represent the only men she has ever known.

-Describe Sid & Mike.

- How do the boys change as they are aged by Dr. Wilbur.

- Why are Sid & Mike so concerned with retaining their manhood?

-How do they resemble the demasculinization of Sybil's father?

Essay Topic 2

Although Hattie Dorsett does most of the torture towards Sybil, her father and grandmother are just as responsible for Sybil's condition.

1. How does passivity of Willard harm Sybil?

2. How does passivity of her grandmother harm Sybil?

3. How does the passivity of Sybil's neighbors and friends harm Sybil?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout treatment, Sybil feels trapped, almost as though she is a host for the rest of the selves.

1. Discuss the theme of being trapped and alone in a place full of other "people" or personalities.

2. Why does Sybil feel suffocated by herself, her parents, and (in treatment) the other selves?

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