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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the expose titled "Bedlam 1946: Most U.S. Mental Hospitals Are a Shame and a Disgrace"?
(a) Joyce Burland.
(b) Jamie Davis Whitmer.
(c) Albert Q. Maisel.
(d) Elyn Saks.

2. Who involved in the Payton Leutner stabbing had pages of drawings of the Slender Man that were found in her journals?
(a) Anissa Weier.
(b) Elyn Saks.
(c) Anna Wilson.
(d) Morgan Geyser.

3. When does the author claim that she told her ex-boyfriend and abuser John to leave her alone in "John Doe, Psychosis"?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1999.

4. How old was Morgan Geyser when she was charged with stabbing Payton Leutner?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

5. Who wrote Haunted Asylums: Stories of the Damned; Inside the Haunted Prisons, Wards, and Crazy Houses?
(a) Lothell Tate.
(b) Steve Dorus.
(c) Jamie Davis Whitmer.
(d) Kay Redfield.

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

7. In what school grade was the author when The NeverEnding Story was released?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Sixth.

8. When was the Microsoft Home CD-ROM version of the film Dinosaurs released?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1987.

9. Who is the central subject of A Beautiful Mind?
(a) Kay Redfield.
(b) Charles Lindberg.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) John Nash.

10. Who involved in the Payton Leutner stabbing was diagnosed with schizophrenia?
(a) Payton Leutner.
(b) Morgan Geyser.
(c) Elyn Saks.
(d) Jamie Davis Whitmer.

11. At whose house was the sleepover on the night before Payton Leutner was stabbed?
(a) Anna Wilson's.
(b) Anissa Weier's.
(c) Morgan Geyser's.
(d) Payton Leutner's.

12. Who is sent on a quest to find a cure when the Childlike Empress has fallen ill in The NeverEnding Story?
(a) Harry.
(b) Vincent.
(c) Bastion.
(d) Atreyu.

13. With whom did the author meet for her ECT consult in "Perdition"?
(a) Dr. Joseph Wolpe.
(b) Dr. Descartes Li.
(c) Dr. Colleen Duewel.
(d) Dr. Efrem Korngold.

14. How old was the author when she watched the HBO documentary centered on the Payton Leutner?
(a) 30.
(b) 29.
(c) 34.
(d) 24.

15. What word from the text is an adjective relating to or denoting the period between the appearance of initial symptoms and the full development of an outbreak?
(a) Caseload.
(b) Prodromal.
(c) Projectile.
(d) Traxis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plays the role of William Parcher in A Beautiful Mind?

2. What kind of flowers did the author have featured in her wedding?

3. What is the title of episode 10 of Hannibal that is described by the author in "Perdition Days"?

4. According to the Department of Justice, how many "people with mental illness are incarcerated in state and federal jails and prisons" (110)?

5. Who is cited as writing in Scientific American of Cotard's delusion, "As comical as it appears to be, it is obviously a manifestation of some deep-seated emotional issues or brain dysfunction" (147)?

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