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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of job does Jaime have?
(a) Retail.
(b) Government.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Teaching.

2. How does Solomon hope to kill himself while he is having a breakdown?
(a) Driving off of a cliff.
(b) Hanging himself.
(c) Shooting himself.
(d) Contracting AIDS.

3. How does ECT achieve its effect?
(a) With an aneurysm.
(b) With a concussion.
(c) With a brain seizure.
(d) With a stroke.

4. What drug, which Solomon takes four times, helped him save a relationship once?
(a) Opium.
(b) Special K.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Xanax.

5. When taking antidepressants, how long does it take to see noticeable results?
(a) Ten to fifteen days.
(b) Two to six weeks.
(c) Almost a year.
(d) Three months.

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

7. How much weight has Solomon lost by December of 1994?
(a) Fifteen pounds.
(b) Thirty pounds.
(c) Twenty pounds.
(d) Five pounds.

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

9. What drug can do permanent damage to dopamine systems and can make depression worse?
(a) LSD.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Valium.
(d) Heroine.

10. What type of therapy does Gerald Klerman formulate?
(a) Interpersonal therapy.
(b) Group therapy.
(c) Activity therapy.
(d) Cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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

12. During Solomon's breakdown, what event is he unable to attend?
(a) His brother's wedding.
(b) His birthday party.
(c) His mother's funeral.
(d) His best friend's graduation.

13. What year does Solomon's mother die?
(a) 1994.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1998.

14. What medicine helps Frank?
(a) Zoloft.
(b) Zyprexa.
(c) Prozac.
(d) Percocet.

15. What does a person have to experience to be able to love?
(a) Hate.
(b) Despair at the loss of love.
(c) True happiness.
(d) Sacrifice for the one they love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the biggest deterrent for people to not become addicted?

2. What sort of surgery does Frank receive?

3. Since the invention of television, the average night's sleep has decreased by how much?

4. What kind of cancer does Solomon's mother have?

5. How many American children suffer from depression?

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