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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. What vintage antipsychotic did the author begin taking for her longest period of psychosis in 2013, according to her narrative in "Perdition Days"?

2. On what date was Payton Leutner stabbed?

3. When was the expose Ten Days in a Mad-House pubilshed?

4. What HBO documentary is cited in the book that centers on the stabbing of Payton Leutner?

5. What does "ECT" refer to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe her first psychotic symptoms while in her senior year at Stanford?

3. What is Capgras delusion and how has it affected the author?

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

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

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

7. What is Cotard's delusion? How has it affected the author?

8. How did the author respond to watching the film Lucy?

9. 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?

10. How did the author's literary tastes change when she developed PTSD?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the symptoms, methods of diagnosis, and treatment for schizophrenia. What types of testing are generally conducted? How is diagnosis reached? What are the primary methods of treatment? How effective are they?

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 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?

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