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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month was the author born?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) September.

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

3. The author asserts that while depression is often compared to diabetes, schizophrenia is compared to what disorder?
(a) Endometriosis.
(b) Alzheimer's disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Glaucoma.

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

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

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

7. Who are the authors of Beyond Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine?
(a) Christopher Bollas and James Ross.
(b) William Kitchner and Maria Salvas.
(c) Ron Powers and Elyn Saks.
(d) Harriet Beinfeld and Efrem Korngold.

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

9. When was the College of William and Mary established?
(a) 1754.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1693.

10. 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) 8 times more likely.
(c) 13 times more likely.
(d) 20 times more likely.

11. 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) Efrem Korngold.
(b) Colleen Duewel.
(c) Joyce Burland.
(d) Christopher Bollas.

12. Who shot Malcoum Tate?
(a) Andrew Solomon.
(b) Kay Redfield.
(c) Lothell Tate.
(d) Christopher Bollas.

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

14. 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) Kay Redfield.
(c) Steve Dorus.
(d) Christopher Bollas.

15. Who wrote the book No One Cares about Crazy People?
(a) Efrem Korngold.
(b) Christopher Bollas.
(c) Don Rushing.
(d) Ron Powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Greek root word "schizo" mean?

2. What is the Russian word "gibel" synonymous with, according to the author in "Diagnosis" (3)?

3. Where did the author earn her MFA in fiction?

4. What does "MADD" stand for?

5. Who claimed "We are our choices" (31)?

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