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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. With what drug does Solomon have a side effect where he cannot remain upright?
(a) Prozac.
(b) Xanax.
(c) Navine.
(d) Zoloft.

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

3. Who discovered seasonal affective disorder?
(a) Claudia Weaver.
(b) Bert Hellinger.
(c) Frank Rusakoff.
(d) Norman Rosenthal.

4. What plant is used to help with depression?
(a) Catnip.
(b) St. John's wort.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Wormwood.

5. What kind of drug is Demerol?
(a) Benzos.
(b) Hallucinogen.
(c) Opiate.
(d) Depressant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What depression model suggests that depression is sadness-feelings everyone has felt before, only on a more intense level?

2. Who says that it makes evolutionary sense for women to be sensitive to loss?

3. Men synthesize serotonin how much faster than women?

4. What year does Solomon's mother die?

5. How many Inuit people of Greenland are affected by depression?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Solomon believe these depressed, impoverished people need?

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

6. What is the relationship between lack of money and depression?

7. How does Solomon use a metaphor about finding a hole in the ozone layer to finding depression among the indigent Americans?

8. Why are SSRIs the most popular type of antidepressant?

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

10. What symptoms can be seen in babies who are always away from their mothers?

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