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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Solomon hope to kill himself while he is having a breakdown?
(a) Shooting himself.
(b) Hanging himself.
(c) Contracting AIDS.
(d) Driving off of a cliff.

2. How much weight has Solomon lost by December of 1994?
(a) Thirty pounds.
(b) Twenty pounds.
(c) Five pounds.
(d) Fifteen pounds.

3. What does Solomon say is the most important treatment for depression?
(a) Belief.
(b) Faith.
(c) Antidepressants.
(d) Talking therapy.

4. What kind of cancer does Solomon's mother have?
(a) Colon.
(b) Breast.
(c) Brain.
(d) Ovarian.

5. What portion of high school students have considered suicide?
(a) Over ten percent.
(b) Over ninety percent.
(c) Over twenty percent.
(d) Over fifty percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martha Manning's profession?

2. What disease is often a precursor to senility and Alzheimer's?

3. Since the invention of television, the average night's sleep has decreased by how much?

4. Who discovered seasonal affective disorder?

5. When is cortisol typically at its highest level?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Politics, what does Solomon implore his readers to do?

2. How was mental illness viewed in the Middle Ages?

3. Why does Solomon not attend his own birthday party?

4. How do depression and addiction create a cycle?

5. How might television play a role in depression?

6. Why is it thought that depressed people may have better judgment than healthy people?

7. What are the major factors that influence ideas surrounding depression?

8. How do life changes affect depression?

9. In the end, how does Solomon feel about his experience with depression?

10. What effect can a mother's depression have on her kids?

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