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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What university is Jeanne Miranda from?
(a) Georgetown.
(b) Oral Roberts.
(c) Sarah Lawrence.
(d) Brigham Young.

2. What topic has Richard J. Davidson been working with?
(a) Capacity for depression.
(b) Relationships between children and parents.
(c) Brain symmetry.
(d) Gene reproduction.

3. 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 small.
(c) It is asymmetrical.
(d) It is very smooth.

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

5. How many suicide attempts are there for every successful suicide?
(a) Four.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Seven.

6. Depression is most closely tied to what feeling?
(a) Disdain.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Grief.

7. Ancient Greeks believed depression was caused by bile of what color?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

8. When was depression first identified?
(a) Ancient times.
(b) Middle ages.
(c) The beginning of time.
(d) Puritan times.

9. In Richard J. Davidson's work, how often does he take photos of the brain?
(a) Every three minutes.
(b) Every half second.
(c) Every eighty seconds.
(d) Every two and a half seconds.

10. The evolution of the condition of depression can be divided into how many stages?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

11. How old was Lolly when she began to be abused?
(a) Three months.
(b) 6.
(c) 13.
(d) 23.

12. In a study using video games, depressives could accurately give what information?
(a) Every chracter's name.
(b) How many monsters they had killed.
(c) How long they had played.
(d) What kinds of weapons they used.

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

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

15. What does Solomon believe humans face that contributes to depression?
(a) Threat of violence.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Too many choices.
(d) Impending death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Solomon write about for this book?

2. What percent of Americans fall below the poverty line?

3. What group has the highest suicide rate?

4. Who came up with four suicide types that are no longer used today?

5. From whom do we get the first true description of psychoanalysis?

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