An Unquiet Mind Quizzes

An Unquiet Mind Quiz

1 Which of Jamison's parents also dealt with manic-depressive illness?
Neither

Both

Her father

Her mother
2 How old is Jamison when she attempts to commit suicide?
18

22

28

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

Lithium

Bupropin

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

UCLA

Harvard

NYU
5 Where does the adult Jamison currently teach?
Oxford

Harvard

Johns Hopkins University

St. Andrews
6 What of the following is a characteristic of mania?
Apathy

Increased sociability

Decreased sex drive

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

Increased Energy

Strong Emotions

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

Hair Loss

Decreased appetite

Difficulty reading
9 How many sisters did Jamison have?
One

Three

Four

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

four

one

three
11 Why did Jamison and her sister grow apart?
Jamison's sister did not like her spouse

Jamison's sister could not empathize with mood swings

Jamison's sister died

Jamison's sister was against the use of lithium
12 What did love provide Jamison in her life?
Excitement and Distraction

Stability and Hope

Hope and Excitement

Distraction and Stability
13 Whose non-acceptance of her illness hurt Jamison the most?
Her mother

Her colleague, Mouseheart

Her own

Her ex-lover, David
14 What did Jamison study?
Clinical psychology

Psychiatry

Animal Behavior

Medicine
15 Where did Jamison live as a child?
Washington DC

Tokyo

California

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

Happily

With discomfort

Easily
17 What was Jamison's relationship to her medicine?
She resented the side effects

She complied easily

She didn't believe she needed it

She hated the taste
18 Of the following, who was most important in Jamison's path to recovery?
Her sister

Her mother

Her father

Her first husband
19 What is the difference between manic-depressive illness and bipolar depression?
One involves cycling between extreme highs and lows

Only in terminology—they are the same

Only manic-depressives experience mania

One involves alternate personalities
20 How does Jamison try to kill herself?
Lithium overdose

Starvation

She doesn't

Jumping out a window
21 Which of the following famous scientists did Jamison work with?
James Watson

Rosalind Franklin

Francis Crick

Gregor Mendel
22 What happened to David?
He died while on duty in the army

He broke up with her because he could not handle her illness

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 had no effect on her professional side

It caused her to have more empathy for the experience of patients

It caused her to lose objectivity
24 Jamison describes the tribulations of a patient who refused to comply with his medication. What happened to him?
He healed until he didn't need it any more

He learned to comply with his medication

He attacked her in an extreme fit of mania

He killed himself
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