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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the American adult population is afflicted with schizophrenia, according to the NIMH?
(a) 3.9%.
(b) 0.01%.
(c) 0.3%.
(d) 1.1%.

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

3. In the DSM-5 how many of the five key symptoms must a patient demonstrate to be diagnosed as afflicted with schizophrenia?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. According to a piece that the author cites from the New York Times in "The Choice of Children," a child of a parent who has bipolar disorder is how many times more likely to develop the disorder than a child of a parent who does not?
(a) 4 times more likely.
(b) 13 times more likely.
(c) 20 times more likely.
(d) 8 times more likely.

5. 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.

6. What does "NAMI" stand for?
(a) National Association for Mental Illness.
(b) National Academy for Mental Illness.
(c) National Accord for Mental Illness.
(d) National Alliance on Mental Illness.

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

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

9. Who wrote the Newsweek opinion piece titled "Charleston Massacre: Mental Illness Common Thread for Mass Shootings"?
(a) Andrew Solomon.
(b) Joan Didion.
(c) Katie J. M. Baker.
(d) Matthew Lysiak.

10. Who was the judge that presided over the Malcoum Tate murder trial?
(a) Julian Plumadore.
(b) Christopher Bollas.
(c) Efrem Korngold.
(d) Don Rushing.

11. For whom was Yale University named?
(a) Martin Yale.
(b) Elihu Yale.
(c) Ebenezer Yale.
(d) Sandra Yale.

12. Since when has the author been a speaker for SOLVE?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2015.

13. What refers to the California law code for temporary, involuntary psychiatric commitment of individuals who present a danger to themselves or others?
(a) 4140.
(b) 2550.
(c) 3130.
(d) 5150.

14. What does "MADD" stand for?
(a) Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
(b) Mental Awareness for Drunk Driving.
(c) Mental Awareness and Diagnosis of Detriment.
(d) Mental Awareness Drug Diagnosis.

15. 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) Capgras delusion.
(b) Trappers delusion.
(c) Cornwall delusion.
(d) Worden delusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what universities did the author study for her undergraduate degree?

2. What does "RAISE" stand for?

3. How many times was Malcoum Tate shot?

4. Who wrote Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament?

5. Who wrote the book Blue Nights?

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