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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the percentage chance of identical twins both developing schizophrenia despite their shared genes, according to seminal twin studies in the 1960s?
(a) 30-40%.
(b) 40-50%.
(c) 60-70%.
(d) 20-30%.

2. When was the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 2646) passed?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2011.

3. Who is the evolutionary geneticist and coauthor of the paper "Adaptive Evolution in Genes Defining Schizophrenia" that is cited by the author in "Diagnosis"?
(a) Efrem Korngold.
(b) Christopher Bollas.
(c) Kay Redfield.
(d) Steve Dorus.

4. When was Camp Wish established?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2009.

5. Where are the author's parents from?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) India.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Taiwan.

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

7. When did the author experience her first auditory hallucination?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2003.

8. When did Malcoum Tate's murderer die?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2011.

9. What does "anhedonia" mean?
(a) Loss of cognitive function.
(b) Loss of blood.
(c) Loss of interest or pleasure.
(d) Fainting spell.

10. How long does the camp at Camp Wish last?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 5 days.

11. When was the film The Exorcist released?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1977.

12. When was Malcoum Tate murdered?
(a) September 12, 1986.
(b) December 18, 1988.
(c) June 12, 1999.
(d) May 23, 1980.

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

14. What anticonfulsant and mood stabilizer was the author first prescribed at the Yale Department of Mental Hygiene?
(a) Depakote.
(b) Lamictal.
(c) Zoloft.
(d) Lithium.

15. How many times was Malcoum Tate shot?
(a) 13.
(b) 3.
(c) 17.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Center Cannot Hold?

2. Who wrote the book Blue Nights?

3. 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)?

4. In the DSM-5 how many of the five key symptoms must a patient demonstrate to be diagnosed as afflicted with schizophrenia?

5. What drug does the author describe taking from 2013 to 2017 to keep her functioning without either delusions or hallucinations?

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