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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. What attraction is Jamison visiting when she drops her lithium tablets?
(a) Canterbury Cathedral
(b) Ashridge
(c) Winchester Cathedral
(d) Wembley

2. What was Jamison doing when the military jet crashed?
(a) Learning math
(b) Eating lunch
(c) Flying a kite
(d) Playing in the school yard

3. What university does Jamison enroll at?
(a) Stanford
(b) Oxford
(c) UCLA
(d) Yale

4. What is Jamison reluctant to surrender to when she is manic?
(a) The government
(b) Drugs
(c) Stability
(d) Her brother

5. What sea does Jamison say makes the weather harsh at St. Andrew's?
(a) The Irish sea
(b) The North Sea
(c) The Dead sea
(d) The Black sea

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of her family does Jamison say she adores?

2. At what school is Jamison a psychiatrist?

3. Who helps Jamison pay off her debts?

4. Which Welsh poet does Jamison reference in this chapter?

5. What is the name of the magazine the psychiatry resident is reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indications are there that there is history of manic depression in Jamison's family?

2. What does Jamison think of St. Andrews?

3. What is an example of Jamison's manic behavior?

4. In what way did Jamison's time at college turn out to be a positive experience?

5. Describe the depressive extreme of Jamison's mood disorder.

6. How does Jamison feel about her disorder?

7. Describe the manic extreme of Jamison's mood disorder.

8. What happens to the plane that flies over the school yard in the first chapter?

9. How does Jamison's first visit to a psychiatric hospital affect her?

10. How does Jamison describe her early childhood years?

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