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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mother of Ellen, who in high school developed manic depression?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Maude.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Andrea.

2. Who played Patty's son in the film Please Don't Hit Me, Mom?
(a) Sean Astin.
(b) Kevin Astin.
(c) Jason Astin.
(d) Mackenzie Astin.

3. When was the Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association founded?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1988.

4. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors fell out of favor because they induced what?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Seizures.
(c) Headaches.
(d) High blood pressure.

5. From what play comes the line, "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact"?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) A Winter's Tale.

6. Charles Burney was the biographer of which composer?
(a) Berlioz.
(b) Mahler.
(c) Handel.
(d) Amadeus.

7. What is the name of the television movie Patty Duke made about her manic-depressive illness?
(a) The Patty Duke You Didn't Know.
(b) Call Me Anna.
(c) A Child Star.
(d) Yesterday's Dreams.

8. Who is the Stanley Harris Senior Professor and chairman of the department of psychiatry at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center?
(a) Dr. Jan Fawcett.
(b) Dr. Brian Bateman.
(c) Dr. Michael Overman.
(d) Dr. Christopher Janson.

9. What was Robert Campau referred to by one of his former employees?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Ivan the Terrible.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Stalin.

10. Who adapted the screenplay for the television docudrama on Patty's life?
(a) Norah Ephron.
(b) Michelle Anderson.
(c) John McGreavey.
(d) John Steiner.

11. How many children did John Astin have from his previous marriage?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

12. What is one indicator of oncoming manias?
(a) Decreased sex drive.
(b) Hyperventilation.
(c) Fevers and sweats.
(d) Increased sex drive.

13. Who writes, "For every Hemingway, there are thousands of manic-depressives whose lives are ruined"?
(a) Dr. Kay Redenfield.
(b) Dr. Susan McAnderson.
(c) Dr. Seymore Johnson.
(d) Dr. Anthony Rothschild.

14. Who played Patty's father in the television movie?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her husband.

15. Who discovered lithium's effects on mania?
(a) Dr. John F. J. Cade.
(b) Dr. Andrew Steiner.
(c) Dr. Mildred Wilson.
(d) Dr. James F. Cobb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the mother whose daughter convinced her to seek therapy and lithium changed her life?

2. Who was the pioneer in identifying manic-depressive illness?

3. Where was it that Patty's best friend lived across the street from her?

4. In the story about siblings dealing with manic depression, who is Judd's sister?

5. What is the married son's name whose mother saw the signs of his oncoming manic depression in Chapter 10?

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