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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author leave Yale for good?

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

3. When was Camp Wish established?

4. When did the author first work for Camp Wish?

5. What sentence was delivered to the murderer of Malcoum Tate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What article from Newsweek by Katie J. M. Baker in 2014 is discussed in the book? What is the premise of this article?

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

5. How is "the Shakespeare Lady" described?

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

7. What conclusions did the author reach regarding the choice to have children or not? Why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss some of the societal misconceptions about schizophrenia that the author explores in the book. What are some misconceptions or beliefs about schizophrenia that you had prior to reading this book? How did the book change those perceptions? How have social perceptions of schizophrenia changed over the course of history?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style and structure of The Collected Schizophrenias. How conversational is the narrative? How does it change from one essay to the next? How are the essays ordered, and why are they ordered this way?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss some of the limitations of Western Medicine that the author explores in the book. In what ways is psychiatry an imperfect science? How has it and how can it improve? What alternatives has the author turned to and why?

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