View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "L'Appel du Vide" - "Beyond the Hedge".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first director of the National Institute of Mental Health?
(a) Efrem Korngold.
(b) Robert H. Felix.
(c) Elyn Saks.
(d) Jamie Davis Whitmer.

2. What percentage of the American adult population is afflicted with schizophrenia, according to the NIMH?
(a) 0.01%.
(b) 0.3%.
(c) 3.9%.
(d) 1.1%.

3. When did San Francisco vote to install a net below the Golden Gate Bridge to deter those attempting suicide?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2011.

4. Who in Greek mythology calls for Persephone from the land of the dead once a year?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Ares.

5. What anticonfulsant and mood stabilizer was the author first prescribed at the Yale Department of Mental Hygiene?
(a) Lamictal.
(b) Lithium.
(c) Depakote.
(d) Zoloft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "PDD" refer to?

2. What is the Russian word "gibel" synonymous with, according to the author in "Diagnosis" (3)?

3. The author states in "On the Ward" that a 2012 study showed that the average stay in a psychiatric hospital is how long?

4. Where does the author describe going for her ECT consultation in "Perdition"?

5. Who directed A Beautiful Mind?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 199 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample