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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 does Jamison feel herself to be?

2. What did her illness destroy?

3. What does Jamison say can often often accompany manic depression?

4. What is the nationality of the man Jamison meets at a dinner party?

5. In which city does Jamison take a sabbatical?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the letter Jamison received after giving a presentation in chapter 10?

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

3. How does Richard react when Jamison tells him about her mental illness?

4. Why does Jamison prefer the term manic depressive to bi-polar?

5. Why has Jamison never had children?

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

7. Summarize the book.

8. How does Jamison react to David's death?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Jamison's writing style. How would you describe her prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? Does she use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Jamison's style give to her story?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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