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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reality, On Screen" - "Perdition Days".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Russian word "gibel" synonymous with, according to the author in "Diagnosis" (3)?
(a) Illness.
(b) Intrigue.
(c) Deception.
(d) Catastrophe.

2. Who developed the 12-session course called Family-to-Family for NAMI?
(a) Christopher Bollas.
(b) Andrew Solomon.
(c) Colleen Duewel.
(d) Joyce Burland.

3. Who wrote the expose titled "Bedlam 1946: Most U.S. Mental Hospitals Are a Shame and a Disgrace"?
(a) Elyn Saks.
(b) Joyce Burland.
(c) Jamie Davis Whitmer.
(d) Albert Q. Maisel.

4. Where did the Slender Man legend originate that influenced the actions of Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser?
(a) Creepypasta Wiki.
(b) FourChan.
(c) Reddit.
(d) Wikipedia.

5. Who published the article in Newsweek titled "How Colleges Flunk Mental Health" in 2014?
(a) Kay Redfield.
(b) Joan Didion.
(c) Katie J. M. Baker.
(d) Andrew Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the text is an adjective relating to or denoting the period between the appearance of initial symptoms and the full development of an outbreak?

2. Who wrote American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System?

3. Who was the first director of the National Institute of Mental Health?

4. The author asserts that while depression is often compared to diabetes, schizophrenia is compared to what disorder?

5. Who is cited as writing in Scientific American of Cotard's delusion, "As comical as it appears to be, it is obviously a manifestation of some deep-seated emotional issues or brain dysfunction" (147)?

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