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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 very important question does Ramon ask Sybil?

2. To Sybil, what has her body inadvertently become?

3. Towards the end of the book, what does Sybil begin to wonder?

4. What does the cat, Capri, notice about Sybil?

5. What does Peggy Lou's anxiousness to integrate show?

Short Essay Questions

1. After receiving medication from Dr. Wilbur, what does Sybil experience?

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

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

4. What makes Marcia break down and cry?

5. What happens to Dr. Wilbur and Sybil after Sybil's healing?

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

7. Why does Sybil's dream about kittens startle her?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Sybil resemble her mother?

How can the two women have similarities after the treatment Hattie inflicted upon Sybil? How does this resemblance negatively affect Sybil?

Essay Topic 2

1. What do each of Sybil's personalities represent?

2. Pick four personalities and explain what each personality controls for Sybil. Each description should be at least a half page long.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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