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

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

3. How many times was Malcoum Tate shot?
(a) 13.
(b) 3.
(c) 17.
(d) 9.

4. 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.

5. Who wrote the book Blue Nights?
(a) Katie J. M. Baker.
(b) Joan Didion.
(c) Andrew Solomon.
(d) Kay Redfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. When did Margaret Holloway (the "Shakespeare Lady") graduate from Yale School of Drama?

3. 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)?

4. According to the NIMH, what percent of the American population is diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder?

5. What is the percentage chance of identical twins both developing schizophrenia despite their shared genes, according to seminal twin studies in the 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the first diagnosis the author received? How was she treated?

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

5. Who was John Nash and why is he mentioned in the book?

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

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

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

9. What is the California Assembly Bill No. 1421? Why is it significant?

10. How does the author describe the different perceptions of depression and schizophrenia in the book?

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