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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. In what year was lithium's effects on mania discovered?

2. In what year did Patty Duke end up at Dr. Arlen's home at 2 a.m. having a manic episode?

3. Who is the Canadian entrepreneur and former owner of Bloomingdales?

4. Who wrote the book, Movie Stars, Real People, and Me?

5. When were monoamine oxidase inhibitors ushered into the antidepressant era?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Patty's biggest regret about her behavior before she was diagnosed?

2. What did making Call Me Anna cause Patty to see about manic depression and its effects on acting?

3. What led to Patty's depressions early in her marriage to John Astin?

4. What concerns doctors in discussing manic depression and creativity?

5. What are the side effects associated with lithium?

6. What did the psychiatrist and Patty disagree about regarding her manic "epiphany"?

7. What is lithium? How did it come to be discovered?

8. What would happen in the fights between John Astin and Patty?

9. What "gift" does Patty Duke conclude she gained from her illness?

10. What does Dr. Jamison believe doctors should do when treating the artist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the potential for relapses in bipolar patients. What can lead to relapses? How can patients avoid them? What treatment is typical in the case of relapses?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Patty Duke's descriptions of her frequent hospitalizations throughout her life. Which, if any, of these were helpful?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the unique style in which A Brilliant Madness is written. What about this style lends a different perspective to the study of manic-depressive illness?

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