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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 Vicky have trouble comprehending about Hattie's expression during intercourse with her husband?

2. What does the town think of Hattie?

3. How many days have disappeared without her knowledge?

4. What does Vanessa dislike about her (Sybil's) parents having sex?

5. Which personalities does Teddy get to know?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sybil choose to go home and be around her abrasive parents, after she has been going to college?

2. How does Sybil return to her body and come back into knowledge about what has been happening to her?

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

4. What is surprising about Willard?

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

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

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

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

9. What brings on the appearance of Peggy Lou, the first personality to appear?

10. Who is the author of the book and how does she come to write Sybil's book? As the author writes, what tone does she immediately take for the book?

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

Why is Sybil unable to be in a romantic relationship?

How is Sybil's relationship with Teddy different from her connection with Ramon?

What does Sybil's refusal of Ramon's proposal signify?

Essay Topic 3

How does Hattie use sex to manipulate the following people:

Sybil?

Willard?

Children in the neighborhood?

Her father?

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