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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many major factors influence ideas surrounding depression?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

2. How many groups of suicides are there?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Nine.

3. Angel is the youngest in a family of how many?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. What does Thomas Crowe believe about the primate brain that makes it different from the human brain?
(a) It is made of white matter.
(b) It is very smooth.
(c) It is very small.
(d) It is asymmetrical.

5. How does depression affect reproduction?
(a) It increases it.
(b) There is no correlation.
(c) It does nothing to it.
(d) It decreases it.

6. What condition does Angel develop?
(a) Austism.
(b) Colon cancer.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Schizo-affective.

7. What day do many suicides take place?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

8. What percent of deaths in 1998 are attributed to suicides?
(a) Nineteen percent.
(b) Two percent.
(c) Eight percent.
(d) .3 percent.

9. What field does Lolly find a job in?
(a) Sales.
(b) Administrative services.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Childcare.

10. The suicide rate in the U.S. went up by what percent after the death of a famous person?
(a) Fifteen percent.
(b) Twelve percent.
(c) Three percent.
(d) Nine percent.

11. What is the greatest block to progress when dealing with depression?
(a) Oversimplification.
(b) Imaging.
(c) Medicalization.
(d) Social stigma.

12. What university is Richard J. Davidson from?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Washington.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Oklahoma.

13. When did the term "depression" come to be?
(a) 1660.
(b) 509.
(c) 1280
(d) 1903.

14. What is the name of the man who pushed a woman in front of the subway in New York?
(a) Andrew Goldstein.
(b) Joe Rogers.
(c) Russel Weston.
(d) John Hinckley.

15. What mental illness does Paul Wellstone's brother suffer from?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Depression.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Anorexia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Solomon think the government could save per year by treating depressed people who are not working?

2. How far into writing this book is Solomon when he realizes the purpose for writing it?

3. Who is the executive director of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania?

4. According to Solomon, what is the opposite of depression?

5. What question has been largely ignored in the medical field regarding depression?

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