An Unquiet Mind Quizzes

An Unquiet Mind Quiz

1 Which of Jamison's parents also dealt with manic-depressive illness?
Both

Her father

Neither

Her mother
2 How old is Jamison when she attempts to commit suicide?
28

18

22

35
3 Which of the following medications does Jamison take?
Lambotrigine

Lithium

Citalopram

Bupropin
4 Which of the following institutions did Jamison study at?
Johns Hopkins

UCLA

Harvard

NYU
5 Where does the adult Jamison currently teach?
St. Andrews

Harvard

Oxford

Johns Hopkins University
6 What of the following is a characteristic of mania?
Decreased sex drive

Increased sociability

Apathy

Decreased spending
7 What of the following is a characteristic of depression?
Exhaustion

Increased sociability

Strong Emotions

Increased Energy
8 Which of the following side effects did Jamison experience from her medication?
Vertigo

Difficulty reading

Hair Loss

Decreased appetite
9 How many sisters did Jamison have?
One

Three

Two

Four
10 How many immediate family members of Jamison's suffer from manic-depression?
four

two

one

three
11 Why did Jamison and her sister grow apart?
Jamison's sister could not empathize with mood swings

Jamison's sister was against the use of lithium

Jamison's sister did not like her spouse

Jamison's sister died
12 What did love provide Jamison in her life?
Hope and Excitement

Excitement and Distraction

Stability and Hope

Distraction and Stability
13 Whose non-acceptance of her illness hurt Jamison the most?
Her ex-lover, David

Her own

Her mother

Her colleague, Mouseheart
14 What did Jamison study?
Medicine

Animal Behavior

Psychiatry

Clinical psychology
15 Where did Jamison live as a child?
Tokyo

Washington DC

California

All of the Above
16 How does Jamison react to being a patient at first?
Angrily

With discomfort

Happily

Easily
17 What was Jamison's relationship to her medicine?
She complied easily

She didn't believe she needed it

She hated the taste

She resented the side effects
18 Of the following, who was most important in Jamison's path to recovery?
Her first husband

Her sister

Her father

Her mother
19 What is the difference between manic-depressive illness and bipolar depression?
One involves alternate personalities

One involves cycling between extreme highs and lows

Only manic-depressives experience mania

Only in terminology—they are the same
20 How does Jamison try to kill herself?
Starvation

Jumping out a window

Lithium overdose

She doesn't
21 Which of the following famous scientists did Jamison work with?
James Watson

Francis Crick

Rosalind Franklin

Gregor Mendel
22 What happened to David?
He broke up with her because he could not handle her illness

He died while on duty in the army

He died of a heart attack

She broke up with him because she could not handle the long distance
23 How did Jamison's experience as a patient affect her performance as a clinical psychologist?
It caused her to be a worse clinician

It caused her to lose objectivity

It had no effect on her professional side

It caused her to have more empathy for the experience of patients
24 Jamison describes the tribulations of a patient who refused to comply with his medication. What happened to him?
He learned to comply with his medication

He killed himself

He attacked her in an extreme fit of mania

He healed until he didn't need it any more
25 Are those suffering from manic-depressive illness always either manic or depressive?
Yes, but they are mostly manic

No, they typically exist somewhere between the two

Yes, but they are mostly depressed

No, they can have interludes of normal behavior

What were the ethical issues raised in this book?

This dangerous stigma makes up a large part of Jamison's motivations for writing and publishing her memoir. In an industry where professionals were encouraged to keep their conditions secret, lest it impedes how their colleagues see and treat...

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Answered by Aslan on 12/1/2021 12:02 AM