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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what universities did the author study for her undergraduate degree?
(a) Princeton and Yale.
(b) Harvard and Princeton.
(c) Yale and Stanford.
(d) Harvard and Yale.

3. Who developed the 12-session course called Family-to-Family for NAMI?
(a) Andrew Solomon.
(b) Colleen Duewel.
(c) Joyce Burland.
(d) Christopher Bollas.

4. 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) Christopher Bollas.
(b) Steve Dorus.
(c) Kay Redfield.
(d) Efrem Korngold.

5. What does "SOLVE" stand for?
(a) Society for Open Language on Valid Experiences.
(b) Society of Licensed and Verified Experts.
(c) Sharing Our Lives, Voices, and Experiences.
(d) Station of Organized Learning for Virtual Experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did the author begin to read?

2. 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?

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

4. 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)?

5. Who was the camper at Camp Wish that the author served as personal minder to after he had experienced bullying in his cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author discuss the film The Exorcist in the book?

2. Where did the author attend college? What degrees did she earn?

3. When was the term "schizophrenia" coined and what are its root words?

4. How does the author describe the boy called Stuart at Camp Wish?

5. Why does the author support diagnosis in mental illness?

6. What book did the author's therapist recommend to her when she was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder? Why?

7. What percentage of the American adult population are afflicted by the various schizophrenias?

8. Why does the author go into detail about her appearance and attire in "High-Functioning"?

9. What are the criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia?

10. How does the author describe schizoaffective disorder?

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