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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) Oral Roberts.
(b) Georgetown.
(c) Brigham Young.
(d) Sarah Lawrence.

2. How many items does the average American supermarket have in the produce department?
(a) More than 50.
(b) More than 500.
(c) More than 300.
(d) More than 100.

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

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

5. Freud says melancholic people have a keener eye for what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Morality.
(d) Color.

6. What was depression referred to as before the term "depression" came about?
(a) Melancholia.
(b) Low spirits.
(c) Iratus.
(d) Disease of sadness.

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

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

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

10. What does Solomon believe is the best indicator of recovery?
(a) Stability in relationships.
(b) Sense of humor.
(c) Being able to talk seriously about their problems.
(d) Going weeks without crying.

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

12. Who suggested that suicide was a murderous impulse toward another person?
(a) Freud.
(b) Hume.
(c) Jung.
(d) Maslow.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What university is Thomas Crowe from?

2. How was depression seen in the thirteenth century?

3. What does Solomon believe humans face that contributes to depression?

4. Who says, "Depressed people don't nag enough."?

5. The sons of mothers with untreated depression are more like likely to become what?

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