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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. How is the epilogue composed?

2. Who of Sybil's relatives also showed signs of multiple personalities?

3. What has really kept Sybil healthy?

4. What two selves do not hide their dislike for Sybil?

5. What does Dr. Wilbur see Willard's payment of Sybil's living expenses as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sybil refuse to tell Ramon about her multiple personality disorder?

2. In Sybil's refusal of Ramon, how does she treat him?

3. Why does Sybil cease to have a normal childhood?

4. What does Dr. Wilbur finally get Sybil to admit?

5. Some personalities feel that Sybil does not deserve to live. What theme is presented in the descent of these personalities?

6. Why does Dr. Wilbur think that Hattie is mentally ill?

7. By the time that Dr. Wilbur has met many of the selves, Sybil has met none of them. Why is Sybil so reluctant to meet the other selves?

8. As sessions progress, what do the other selves begin to do as they grow impatient for Sybil?

9. How does Dr. Willard pressure Willard to help Sybil?

10. What is interesting to learn about the selves and their views of religion?

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

As a society, we often overlook certain traits of presumably respectable people. How do the following people overlook or ignore Hattie's "add" behavior throughout her life?

- Willard

- Grandma Dorsett

- The Dorsetts' neighbors

- Hattie's family

Essay Topic 3

a. Describe the origins of Sybil's mental dissociations.

b. What particular events cause Sybil's multiple personalities to form? Name three events from Sybil's childhood.

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