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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. What news does Solomon receive that makes him as sad as when his mother died?
(a) His childhood friend dies.
(b) His analyst's retirement.
(c) His sister's divorce.
(d) He gets fired from his job.

2. What type of therapy does Gerald Klerman formulate?
(a) Group therapy.
(b) Activity therapy.
(c) Cognitive-behavioral therapy.
(d) Interpersonal therapy.

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

4. What is another word for "talking therapy"?
(a) ECT.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Pharmacological.
(d) Physical intervention.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was eye movement desensitization and reprocessing first used?

2. At what age does Solomon first want to publish a novel?

3. A civil war in what country resulted in 20 percent of the population dying?

4. What playwright is quoted at the beginning of Alternatives?

5. Who does Solomon move in with the same day he is prescribed Xanax and Zoloft?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Solomon attempt to end his life?

2. How does Solomon feel about the current century?

3. How do depression and addiction create a cycle?

4. What does Solomon believe about the definition of depression listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used in Psychiatry?

5. What role do diet and exercise play in treating depression?

6. What is a likely outcome for children who have mothers with untreated depression?

7. What affect does Solomon think having too many choices has on humans?

8. What affect does Solomon think stress has on depression?

9. Overall, how does Solomon feel about those who say they have been helped by alternative treatments?

10. Why is defining depression important when it comes to insurance companies?

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