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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does "RAISE" stand for?
(a) Reflective Awareness of Intelligent Standards in Education.
(b) Reduced Associative Integrated Sequence Experience.
(c) Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode.
(d) Recovery Associated with Incapacitated Stoicism Exchange.

3. When did Emil Kraepelin pinpoint the disorder he called "dementia praecox"?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1923.

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

5. Where did the author earn her MFA in fiction?
(a) The University of Louisiana.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) The University of Michigan.

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

7. How long did the jurors deliberate on the verdict of the Malcoum Tate murder before delivering a verdict for the accused?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

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

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

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

11. What does the author assert having said attending a "prestigious university" was, in "High Functioning" (45)?
(a) "A signifier of knowledge."
(b) "A signifier of worth."
(c) "A signifier of wealth."
(d) "A signifier of sanity."

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

13. 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)?
(a) Don Rushing.
(b) Christopher Bollas.
(c) Efrem Korngold.
(d) Ron Powers.

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

15. What does "PDD" refer to?
(a) Post develepmental disorder.
(b) Pervasive developmental disorder.
(c) Petulant disability disorder.
(d) Prenatal developmental disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity?

2. When was the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 2646) passed?

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

4. What does "anhedonia" mean?

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

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