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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 many pills does Solomon take each day?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What percent of Americans suffer from depression?
(a) One.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

3. What disease is often a precursor to senility and Alzheimer's?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Depression.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Crohn's.

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

5. Of adults with depression in the U.S., what percent are diagnosed correctly?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Seventy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does ECT achieve its effect?

2. ECT is associated with how many deaths?

3. What kind of place does Phaly open?

4. How many models for depression are there?

5. What depression model suggests that depression is in a new category by itself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the four groups of suicides.

4. How does Solomon feel about mentally ill people who abuse their partners?

5. What does Thomas Crowe believe about schizophrenia?

6. Why is the fear of grief an important feelings for humans to feel?

7. Why does Solomon suggest that women might be more likely to experience depression than men?

8. How does Solomon attempt to end his life?

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

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

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