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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 does Jamison say could lead to death?
(a) Bearing a child
(b) Raising her medication
(c) Jumping from a building
(d) Lowering her medication

2. What does Jamison question at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Her sexuality
(b) Her love for her father
(c) Her reluctance to discuss her illness
(d) The severity of her illness

3. What did one psychiatrist tell Jamison never to have?
(a) A lobotomy
(b) A husband
(c) Pets
(d) Children

4. What does Jamison not want to rule out when talking about mental illness?
(a) Humor
(b) Seriousness
(c) Slang
(d) Informality

5. Who does Jamison invite to lunch?
(a) Her brother
(b) The department chairman
(c) John Hopkins
(d) Her sister

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison ponder in this chapter?

2. What notable award has James Watson won?

3. What state is John Hopkin's university in?

4. What message does the Englishman write in the book?

5. Who does Jamison recall a conversation with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does life in Oxford teach her?

2. What does Jamison say she now accepts about her illness?

3. What does Jamison miss about her manic episodes

4. Why is Jamison encouraged by a presentation at the end of chapter 11?

5. What question does Jamison pose at the beginning of chapter 14?

6. What does Jamison hope never to have to experience again concerning her manic episodes?

7. What research is James Watson doing regarding the cause of mental illness?

8. Why is Jamison drawn to Wyatt?

9. Why has Jamison never had children?

10. What does Jamison say has given her the greatest happiness?

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