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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. How many times was the author involuntarily hospitalized due to her mental illness?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. Who wrote Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament?
(a) Steve Dorus.
(b) Kay Redfield.
(c) Efrem Korngold.
(d) Christopher Bollas.

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

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

5. What is the main setting of the novel Home?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Gilead, Iowa.
(c) Rome, Alaska.
(d) El Paso, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the author located when she was hospitalized for the third time for her mental illness?

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

3. What term refers to a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical impostor?

4. With whom did the author meet for her ECT consult in "Perdition"?

5. When was Camp Wish established?

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