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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 are the most common addictive substances?
(a) Cocaine and heroine.
(b) Nicotine and coffee.
(c) Alcohol and marijuana.
(d) Beer and wine.

2. Where does Frank go to graduate school?
(a) Brandeis.
(b) Johns Hopkins.
(c) Purdue.
(d) Northwestern.

3. How many symptoms of depression does the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual list?
(a) Nine.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Twleve.

4. What depression model suggests that depression is sadness-feelings everyone has felt before, only on a more intense level?
(a) Behavioral.
(b) Dimensional.
(c) Categorical.
(d) Bargaining.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was eye movement desensitization and reprocessing first used?

3. How often does ECT have a significant impact?

4. How does ECT achieve its effect?

5. What drug can do permanent damage to dopamine systems and can make depression worse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the four groups of suicides.

4. How does Solomon feel about antidepressants?

5. How do opiates affect the body?

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

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

8. What possible new depression treatments are being researched?

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

10. How does ecstasy affect the body?

(see the answer keys)

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