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Book Review from page 6
Ask The Therapist Sassoons ruled, bore no affection for the values of the capitalist

class. General Chiang Kai-shek, on the other hand, was friend,
By Elaine S. Rubinson. that this test is not meant to be an IQ test and is not used benefactor, and beneficiary to the kings of Shanghai, married
L.M.H.C. as a measure of somebody’s intelligence. The Reviewer Soong Mei-ling in the Kadoorie’s Hotel Majestic.
also states “There are no studies showing that this test Françoise Frenkel’s lifetime coincided with that of Victor
Dear Elaine: is correlated to IQ tests. The purpose of it was not to Sassoon, Jewish wanderers on opposite sides of the globe.
The recent news determine persons who have a low IQ level, and we Frenkel born in Poland of a well-to-do Jewish family, in 1889,
about a Cognitive test cannot say that this reflects somebody’s IQ”. was a committed bibliophile in youth. Sent to study in Paris, she
administered to the There are other Tests that are designed to took a clerical job in a French bookstore, loved the opportunity
President indicated specifically address IQ. to mingle among books, engage with customers, and found her
that it measured his IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient and is a score calling. She decided to become a book dealer, open a bookshop,
intelligence. In fact he derived from a standardized test which measures likely in Warsaw or another Polish city. By happenstance,
called himself a “stable various elements of a person’s intelligence. Most which after all accounts for significant shifts in our quotidian
genius”. I was given the modern tests cover memory, how one processes lives, she received the suggestion to open a French bookstore
test by my Doctor because he was concerned that I was visual-spatial and auditory information, short term in Berlin, and encouraged by French and German authorities,
having some memory lapses. I wasn’t aware it is also memory, abstract reasoning and past learning. It also she did so in 1920. Her Berlin bookstore fulfilled her most
about how smart I am. Did this test also measure my assesses recognition and analytical thinking. It does basic aspirations, allowing her to live among books, drawing
IQ? not measure any specific area of knowledge, instead a significant clientele. As with the Kadoories and Sassoons,
Signed Joe it measures your ability to learn. history came to play an outmoded role in her life choice. The
Dear Joe: The most common types of IQ tests are Stanford- rise of the Nazi party harmed her both as a Jew, Pole, French
The test you are referring to is the MoCA a part Benet Intelligence Scale, Universal Nonverbal lady and Book dealer.
of the mental status examination (MSE) to assess Intelligence, Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, Due to her status as representative of the French
Cognition. Cognition covers a Patient’s level of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and Woodcock government, she was allowed to close her bookstore in 1939,
alertness, orientation, attention, memory, visual-spatial Johnson 111 Tests of Cognitive Disabilities. These and store the remnants. Now she found her life as a protected
functioning and language functions. The Montreal tests are usually administered by a Psychologist wanderer. She spent the war fleeing from one destination to
Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), is designed as a rapid or trained Professional who can direct, assess and another, from Paris, to Vichy, to Avignon, to Nice. She describes
screening tool for mild cognitive dysfunction, a loss calculate a full scale intelligence score. Reasons the condition of life under German occupation with economic
of memory and clear thinking ability that sometimes and needs for obtaining this information vary from hardships, hardscrabble existence, along with her fellow
precedes dementia. school, job and career placements, effects of injury refugees. She even contemplated an arranged marriage with a
The 30-point test includes drawings of a lion and or illness and sometimes to gain membership in elitist French citizen to protect her status--sight unseen; but the ruse
a rhinoceros, which patients must name. Test-takers organizations such as Mensa. failed when Monsieur Devitrolles insists on meeting the bride
are also asked to copy a simple line sketch of a cube; So Joe, when a person who has been assessed by before committing to tie the knot. A kindly hairdresser and
match the letter A to the number 1, the letter B to the a Cognitive instrument has a “stable” diagnosis it his wife took her in and offered her protection from the Nazi
number 2 and so on. They are asked to recall a list means there is no impairment in memory, attention or scourge. Confronting a young German officer regarding her
of five words and repeat very short lists of numbers gross brain functioning. The word “genius” has to be application to immigrate to Switzerland, she was told: “Your
forward and backward. Orientation is assessed by earned by obtaining a very high score on one of the [French] government has been abolished. The Masters you
asking the patient where he or she is (for example statistically proven reliable IQ Tests. served no longer exist.” Her fierce comeuppance: “Boileau,
what building, town and state) and what time, day and Molière, Racine, Corneille, Voltaire ... these are the Masters I
date it is. The exam assesses attention, mild cognitive Elaine S Rubinson L.M.H.C. is a Licensed have served, monsieur.” She does manage a harrowing escape,
impairment (MCI) or dementia. A score of 26 or lower Psychotherapist and a Florida Supreme Court and the chance to share her experience with the world through
indicates dementia. Certified Family and Elder Law Mediator. For further this reissued memoir.
One reviewer of the test showed it detects 84 information she can be contacted at er@northstar-
percent of people with dementia. It is also cautioned centre.com.  Dr. Ronald J. Meyers, resident of La Paz, is Emeritus
Professor of English. 

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