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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Joan's mother's background?
(a) She was a farm girl with immigrant parents.
(b) She worked in a factory from a young age.
(c) She was one of the city's elite.
(d) She was an impoverished orphan.

2. How do Reagan, and Robin consider themselves?
(a) They are memory storehouses that are not part of the biological family.
(b) They are the ones who lash out when the body is angry.
(c) They are the ones who put everyone into action.
(d) They are the ones who cover educational aspects.

3. What happened to Jo's suicidal impulses when she started meeting with Lynn?
(a) They grew stronger.
(b) They disappeared.
(c) They increased right before each visit.
(d) They were sporadic.

4. What did Lynn notice about Joan's recollections of the past regarding her relationships?
(a) She noticed that there were many contradictions.
(b) She could see why Joan was suicidal.
(c) She was confused since Joan had an idyllic childhood.
(d) She noticed that Joan became agitated and hyper while talking about her past.

5. How did Jo feel about the possibility that her father abused her?
(a) She cried whenever she thought about it.
(b) She refused to believe it.
(c) She already knew that.
(d) She accepted the idea reluctantly.

6. What unusual feeling did Jo have for Steve after talking with Lynn when she ran away?
(a) Hate.
(b) Dissatisfaction .
(c) Empathy.
(d) Lust.

7. What is Jo's character like?
(a) Serious.
(b) Flirty.
(c) Angry.
(d) She wouldn't talk.

8. What happened between Jo's parents when she was in high school?
(a) They renewed their wedding vows.
(b) They both became very ill.
(c) They separated.
(d) They divorced.

9. How did Lynn react when she discovered that Joan did not make a follow-up appointment?
(a) She was secretly happy.
(b) She asked the clerk to call and confirm the next appointment.
(c) It made her angry.
(d) It made her feel personally rejected.

10. What did Joan see herself representing to Lynn?
(a) She represented agitation.
(b) She represented anger.
(c) She represented ambivalence.
(d) She represented characterizations unlike the real her.

11. What is Missy's character like?
(a) Flirty.
(b) Serious.
(c) Angry.
(d) She is the little girl that likes being touched, but is afraid of talking.

12. In high school, how did the other personalities react to Isis' injury?
(a) They thought it was funny.
(b) They didn't notice any injury.
(c) They were angry at Isis.
(d) They were confused because they didn't know what happened, yet they had the physical symptoms of the injury.

13. What happened when Jo went under hypnosis?
(a) Nothing. They couldn't hypnotize her.
(b) She told them all about her childhood.
(c) She felt as if she were drowning.
(d) They couldn't wake her up.

14. How did Jo feel about hypnosis?
(a) She had ambivalent feelings towards it.
(b) She was terrified of it.
(c) She had tried it many times before so it didn't upset her.
(d) She thought it was a great idea.

15. What did Jo do to progress in treatment?
(a) She took medicine.
(b) She read the summary Lynn prepared for Dr. Wilbur.
(c) She interviewed Sybil.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lynn persuades Joan to come back for another visit, which characters does she visit with?

2. How did Joan feel after her first appointment?

3. What does John Frances think about the disorder?

4. What happened to Joan's childhood records?

5. How did the medical community feel about MPD according to Lynn?

(see the answer keys)

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