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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 Dr. Wilbur firmly assert with the boys?

2. The more the selves learn about Sybil, the more ________.

3. What is Dr Wilbur determined to do about the boys' personalities?

4. What have the two boy selves collaborated to make?

5. Which new personality is very scared of Hattie, but determined?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Willard Dorsett finally admit to Dr. Wilbur and 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

1. Research the psychological and psychiatric methods of the 1950s.

2. How do these methods match or differ from the method Dr Wilbur uses to diagnosis and treat Sybil?

3. Analyze Dr. Wilbur's diagnosis treatment of Sybil. Describe how the doctor discovers Sybil's multiple personalities.

Essay Topic 2

1. Describe Sybil's relationships with the following men:

Teddy

Ramon

2. Compare and Contrast Sybil's relationship to teddy to her relationship with Ramon. Is it more important to Sybil that her romantic interests know about her other selves? Why or Why not? Use specific examples to justify your reasoning.

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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