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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. Who does Sybil finally meet in a session with Dr. Wilbur?

2. What does Dr. Wilbur firmly assert with the boys?

3. What does the cat, Capri, notice about Sybil?

4. What will Sybil need to confront to finish treatment?

5. What does Mike dislike about looking like a woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sybil refuse to tell Ramon about her multiple personality disorder?

2. What makes Marcia break down and cry?

3. What happens to Dr. Wilbur and Sybil after Sybil's healing?

4. In Sybil's refusal of Ramon, how does she treat him?

5. While Dr. Wilbur and Sybil have several conversations about religion, Sybil is still hesitant to let religion in her life. Why is this?

6. Why has Sybil seemed to have created Sid & Mike?

7. What does Willard do to atone for all the damage that Sybil has suffered through?

8. How does Dr. Wilbur finally create a calm environment for Sybil to meet the other selves?

9. What are Sybil's multiple personalities for her? To other people they may not seem normal.

10. What does Dr. Wilbur finally get Sybil to admit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Sybil cannot understand why she must be integrated with all the selves.

1. Why must each self become fully integrated with Sybil?

2. How does Dr. Wilbur work to integrate each personality?

3. Why does she need the selves?

4. How is the creation of the different personalities different from the way other "normal" people handle trauma in their lives.

Essay Topic 2

Sybil's relationship with Dr. Wilbur greatly changes both women's lives.

1. In what ways does Dr. Wilbur's relationship with Sybil go beyond a simple patient/doctor relationship?

2. How does Sybil's case change Dr. Wilbur's career?

3. Obviously, Dr Wilbur changes Sybil's life by helping her integrate her selves. But how does Dr. Wilbur's friendship change Sybil's life?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and Contrast one set of the following personalities:

1. Mike & Sid

2. Sybil Ann & Clara

3. Vicky & Nancy

4. Vanessa & Mary

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