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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Solomon write about for this book?
(a) People he pities.
(b) People he can relate to.
(c) People he admires.
(d) People who need the most attention.

5. The suicide rate when up in the U.S. after the suicide of who?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Dave Garroway.
(c) Brynn Hartman.
(d) Kurt Cobain.

6. Who says, "Depressed people don't nag enough."?
(a) Lynn Rivers.
(b) Mike Wallace.
(c) William Styron.
(d) Tipper Gore.

7. Who does Hippocrates help with advice and action?
(a) Amyntas III.
(b) King Perdiccas II.
(c) Philip II.
(d) Cassander.

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

9. What does Representative Roukema's spouse do for a living?
(a) Pharmacist.
(b) Software designer.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Psychiatrist.

10. From whom do we get the first true description of psychoanalysis?
(a) Karl Abraham.
(b) Adolf Meyer.
(c) Emil Kraeplin.
(d) Henry Maudsley.

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

12. When Solomon meets Angel, how many medications is she taking daily?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

13. What percent of people in the U.S. suffering from serious mental illness are unemployed?
(a) 85 to 95 percent.
(b) 75 to 85 percent.
(c) 90 to 100 percent.
(d) 70 to 80 percent.

14. What is the strongest factor in predicting suicide?
(a) Family history.
(b) Depression.
(c) Previous attempts.
(d) Talking about it.

15. Right-side brain activation is tied to high baseline levels of what?
(a) Estrogen.
(b) Melatonin.
(c) Prolactin.
(d) Cortisol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angel is the youngest in a family of how many?

2. What topic has Richard J. Davidson been working with?

3. What field does Lolly find a job in?

4. How many of the impoverished, depressed men that Solomon interviewed were HIV positive?

5. How was depression seen in the thirteenth century?

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