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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 directed A Beautiful Mind?

2. Who wrote the award-winning novel Home?

3. Who wrote the expose titled Ten Days in a Mad-House?

4. Who stars in the film Lucy?

5. How is the term "asylum" defined by the Oxford English Dictionary (96)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the premise of the film Lucy described in "Reality, On-Screen"?

2. How did the Slender Man legend play into the stabbing of Payton Leutner?

3. What does "5150" refer to?

4. What did Jen Percy write in the book Demon Camp about the neurological consequences of trauma?

5. What is the difference between a delusion and a hallucination?

6. What treatment did the author's therapist recommend when she developed PTSD?

7. What is "EMDR"?

8. What television show does the author describe turning to when her sense of reality becomes questionable due to films or literature?

9. How does the author describe the term "asylum" and associations with that word in "On the Ward"?

10. Who wrote Ten Days in a Mad-House? What was this piece about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss post-traumatic stress disorder. What are the symptoms of this disorder? How is it diagnosed? How is it treated? What is the prognosis for someone with PTSD? How has PTSD affected the author?

Essay Topic 2

Examine and discuss the author's relationship with her husband, referred to as "C." in the book. How has C. been a support in the author's life and with her struggles with mental illness? What sacrifices has he made? How does she regard his support?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the correlations between art, creativity, genius, and mental illness. What are examples given by the author for artists who suffered from mental illness? How did those artists benefit from mental illness? How did they suffer from it?

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