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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 is the difference between Sybil and "normal" people?

2. Where does Sybil almost drown?

3. What does Willard accept without a question?

4. Where do the boys think that their penis is?

5. When does young Sybil stop crying?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Wilbur finally create a calm environment for Sybil to meet the other selves?

2. What does Dr. Wilbur feel about meeting Sybil's father?

3. While Dr. Wilbur and Sybil have several conversations about religion, Sybil is still hesitant to let religion in her life. Why is this?

4. Why has Sybil seemed to have created Sid & Mike?

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

6. How do the selves, at some points, work together?

7. What makes Marcia break down and cry?

8. What are Sybil's multiple personalities for her? To other people they may not seem normal.

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

10. What does Willard do to atone for all the damage that Sybil has suffered through?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sybil's relationship with Dr. Wilbur greatly changes both women's lives.

1. In what ways does Dr. Wilbur's relationship with Sybil go beyond a simple patient/doctor relationship?

2. How does Sybil's case change Dr. Wilbur's career?

3. Obviously, Dr Wilbur changes Sybil's life by helping her integrate her selves. But how does Dr. Wilbur's friendship change Sybil's life?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of fear is ever present in the book because Sybil holds a constant fear of her life and other people in it.

1. Describe three occasions when Sybil allows fear to overcome her.

2. Who embodies the essence of Sybil's fear of rejection?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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