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Dante is a middle-aged man with a history of depression. Recently, he has been diagnosed with dissociative fugue. He adopts a completely new identity while staying in his hometown. His amnesia lasts only a short time. What aspect of this case is unusual for dissociative fugue?
 
  a. It is unusual for depression to be associated with dissociative fugue.
  b. It is unusual for fugue to involve a completely new identity.
 c. It is unusual for people with fugue to remain in their hometown.
  d. It is unusual for dissociative fugue to last only a short time.

Question 2

Jerald wakes up in New Jersey, some four hundred miles from his home in New Hampshire. He cannot remember how he got there, and he has no memory of his former life. He establishes a new identity in New Jersey. This illustrates ____.
 
  a. dissociative identity disorder
  b. localized amnesia
 c. depersonalization disorder
 d. dissociative fugue



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d



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