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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Breakdowns.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Solomon give a lecture on during his breakdown?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

2. What is the most common fear in the world?
(a) Height.
(b) Death.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Water.

3. What percent of depressed people commit suicide as a result?
(a) Two to four.
(b) Twenty-five to thirty.
(c) Eight to twleve.
(d) Ten to twenty.

4. What happened with Solomon's girlfriend that leaves him with a feeling of loss?
(a) She has an abortion.
(b) She moves to Asia.
(c) She dies.
(d) She cheats on him.

5. How many American children suffer from depression?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 900,000
(d) 400,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used in Psychiatry does Solomon site?

3. What news does Solomon receive that makes him as sad as when his mother died?

4. How many symptoms of depression does the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual list?

5. Depression is the leading cause of what in the U.S. and abroad in people over the age of 5?

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