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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 is the name of the play starring Susan Clark about three women in which Patty performed in Los Angeles?
(a) The Glass Castle.
(b) Meetin's on the Porch.
(c) Adriana's Back Door.
(d) Miriam's Story.

2. Patty Duke's panic attacks almost always revolved around what?
(a) Being left alone.
(b) Her own death.
(c) Being on subways.
(d) The death of others.

3. What is the name of the third book Patty is writing and says she's doing research for?
(a) Patty Duke's Lost Years.
(b) Call Me Anna.
(c) Patty Duke's Pacific Northwest Pit Stop Guide.
(d) Patty Duke's Little Beige Pill.

4. When was Patty Duke's first big, public manic episode?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1970.

5. 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?
(a) Rapid cyclers.
(b) Frequency bipolars.
(c) Multicyclers.
(d) Schizophrenics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did Patty Duke suffer severely with her illness before she was finally diagnosed as manic depressive?

2. Patty Duke's panic attacks became very clear to her around what age?

3. Since what year has Patty Duke been taking lithium?

4. Chapter 1, Looking Backward is written in the style of what?

5. Who was the sister who raised Patty Duke's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Patty's husbands commit her to hospitals? What was her experience when she was institutionalized?

2. Discuss the study performed on the Amish regarding manic depression.

3. What is the scientific analysis of the roots of manic depression in individuals?

4. What caused Patty's panic attacks as a child?

5. What is unipolar depression? What are its symptoms?

6. What led up to the manic episode which led to Patty's first marriage?

7. What do doctors say regarding environmental elements contributing to manic depression?

8. What are the similarities of manic depression and schizophrenia? What are the differences?

9. What does Patty believe is the contributor to her illness?

10. How did Patty come to forgive her parents?

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