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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On the Ward" - "The Slender Man, the Nothing, and Me".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book Blue Nights?
(a) Katie J. M. Baker.
(b) Joan Didion.
(c) Andrew Solomon.
(d) Kay Redfield.

2. What California bill is discussed in "Toward a Pathology of the Possessed" relating to involuntary mental health treatment?
(a) AB 1421.
(b) AB 5341.
(c) AB 1534.
(d) AB 503.

3. Who involved in the Payton Leutner stabbing had pages of drawings of the Slender Man that were found in her journals?
(a) Elyn Saks.
(b) Morgan Geyser.
(c) Anna Wilson.
(d) Anissa Weier.

4. According to the NIMH, what percent of the American population is diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder?
(a) 0.3%.
(b) 3.9%.
(c) 1.1%.
(d) 0.01%.

5. What psychoanalyst defines "schizophrenic presence" as the psychodynamic experience of "being with [a schizophrenic] who has seemingly crossed over from the human world to the non-human environment" (3)?
(a) Ron Powers.
(b) Efrem Korngold.
(c) Christopher Bollas.
(d) Don Rushing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a "shared delusional disorder" (120)?

2. Who is quoted from the documentary about Payton Leutner's stabbing in saying, "It bears saying that schizophrenia, in and of itself, is not a dangerous illness" (120)?

3. How old was the author when she watched the HBO documentary centered on the Payton Leutner?

4. Who wrote the expose titled "Bedlam 1946: Most U.S. Mental Hospitals Are a Shame and a Disgrace"?

5. Where was Payton Leutner stabbed?

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