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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Diagnosis" - "Toward a Pathology of the Possessed".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical impostor?
(a) Worden delusion.
(b) Cornwall delusion.
(c) Capgras delusion.
(d) Trappers delusion.

2. When did Eugen Bleuler coin the word "schizophrenia"?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1919.

3. Who is NAMI's director of education, training, and peer support center that is quoted by the author in "Toward a Pathology of the Possessed" (34)?
(a) Colleen Duewel.
(b) Christopher Bollas.
(c) Joyce Burland.
(d) Efrem Korngold.

4. What sentence was delivered to the murderer of Malcoum Tate?
(a) 20 years.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Life in a mental institution.
(d) 40 years.

5. What does the Greek root word "schizo" mean?
(a) Strong.
(b) Damaged.
(c) Delusion.
(d) Split.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the NIMH, what percent of the American population is diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder?

2. According to the NIMH, what percent of the American population is diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder?

3. What word in the text refers to the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between independent elements?

4. Who wrote the book No One Cares about Crazy People?

5. Who shot Malcoum Tate?

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