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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, Solomon was teased because other boys thought he was what?

2. What is Martha Manning's profession?

3. How much weight has Solomon lost by December of 1994?

4. How does male depression manifest itself many times?

5. How many times is Frank hospitalized in a seven year period?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Solomon's experience with sexual identity.

2. How did Phaly Noun help depressed women?

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

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

5. Why is Solomon's stage of half-recovery described in "Breakdowns" the most dangerous?

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

7. What does Thomas Crowe believe about schizophrenia?

8. Why is a depressive more likely to become addicted to alcohol than a person who is not depressed?

9. What is the focus on the subject of mental illness in the House of Representatives?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are depression and other mental disorders treated in in the U.S. government? What factors lead to the treatment of depression in the government? Where does Solomon think improvements could be made?

Essay Topic 2

What role does Lolly serve in the book? How does Solomon use her as an example of impoverished depressed? What kind of treatment does Lolly receive? What does Solomon want his reader to learn from Lolly?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the correlation between the severity of one's depression and the likelihood that they will commit suicide. What are factors that can be attributed to the likelihood of suicide?

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