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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 do to her cat in her dream?

2. Who takes ascendancy of Sybil's body at the culmination of integration?

3. What does Teddy's presence sometimes do to Sybil?

4. What is unique about Sybil's case of multiple personalities?

5. When does Willard attend a session with Dr. Wilbur and Sybil?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. How does Sybil feel about the selves taking over therapy?

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

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

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

9. Why do the boy personalities have such difficulty accepting they are a part of Sybil?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hattie use sex to manipulate the following people:

Sybil?

Willard?

Children in the neighborhood?

Her 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

Many deaths occur throughout the book. Death becomes a central theme and important part of Sybil's healing.

1. What does Sybil's grandmother's death cause?

2. How do the death of Hattie and Willard help to sure Sybil?

3. Throughout the book, why do the selves constantly fear for their survival in Sybil?

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