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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. Who wrote the award-winning novel Home?
2. 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?
3. 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)?
4. Who stars in the film Lucy?
5. Who is the author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the author respond to watching the film Lucy?
2. What treatment did the author's therapist recommend when she developed PTSD?
3. Who wrote Ten Days in a Mad-House? What was this piece about?
4. What is Capgras delusion and how has it affected the author?
5. How does the author describe her obsession with The NeverEnding Story?
6. What are the three major components of treatment for schizophrenics in psychiatric crisis, according to the American Psychiatric Association's Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia, second edition?
7. What does "5150" refer to?
8. What did Jen Percy write in the book Demon Camp about the neurological consequences of trauma?
9. When did the author develop PTSD? What had caused it?
10. What is Cotard's delusion? How has it affected the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Define and describe the Cotard delusion. What are the causes and symptoms of this delusion? How is it treated? How has it affected the author's life?
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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