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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 would Jamison want to be available if she chose to be manic depressive?

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

3. What does Schou share with Jamison?

4. Who does Jamison invite to lunch?

5. What did one psychiatrist tell Jamison never to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does Jamison recall at the beginning of chapter 11?

2. How does Jamison end her memoir?

3. Summarize the book.

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

5. Why has Jamison never had children?

6. How does Jamison stop the temptation of reliving her manic episodes?

7. How is the lower dosage of lithium benefiting Jamison in chapter 9?

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

9. How does another Englishman sweep Jamison off of her feet in chapter 8?

10. How could revealing her illness affect her personal life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How much do you think Jamison changed positive representations of manic depression? What positive impact has Jamison's ideas had on society? Do you think Jamison's ideas have had any negative impacts?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 3

Examine manic depressive illness as described in the book.

1) What does Jamison feel during a manic episode?

2) What does Jamison suffer during a depressive episode?

3) Define stable state of mind?

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