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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, My Little Beige Pill.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What researchers lived with an Amish family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania while studying at Yale?
(a) Dr. Timothy Hutchins.
(b) Dr. Neil Risch.
(c) Dr. Samuel Ross.
(d) Dr. Janice Egeland.

2. Researchers in Washington D.C. were studying how many patients whose depressions started in the spring and ended in the fall?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 60.

3. What is the name of Patty's oldest son?
(a) Patrick.
(b) John.
(c) Michael.
(d) Sean.

4. In what year did Patty's parent's marry?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1937.

5. What door did Patty begin keeping open to prove to her sons that she had changed?
(a) Back door.
(b) Bathroom.
(c) Bedroom.
(d) Kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Patty Duke begin collecting after starting to take lithium?

2. At the time the book was written, the Amish study was continuing covering how many subjects from 11 families?

3. Dr Elliot Gershon says that manic-depressive illness may have something to do with ________.

4. What is the term for patients whose mood changes collide with one another, from month to month, day to day, sometimes even within the same day?

5. The increased risk of developing a mood disorder from having a first-degree relative who also has a mood disorder is how many times that of someone without that history?

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