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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many major factors influence ideas surrounding depression?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. How many suicide attempts are there for every successful suicide?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Four.
(d) Sixteen.

3. How old is Lolly when Jeanne Miranda meets her?
(a) 18.
(b) 34.
(c) 28.
(d) 46.

4. Depression is most closely tied to what feeling?
(a) Anger.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Disdain.
(d) Grief.

5. When did the term "depression" come to be?
(a) 1280
(b) 1903.
(c) 1660.
(d) 509.

6. Who is the first and only member of Congress to share their own mental health problems?
(a) Bill Kenney.
(b) Joe Maxwell.
(c) Lynn Rivers.
(d) Joe Rogers.

7. What mental illness does Paul Wellstone's brother suffer from?
(a) Depression.
(b) Anorexia.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Schizophrenia.

8. How many groups of suicides are there?
(a) Five.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

9. Freud says melancholic people have a keener eye for what?
(a) Innovation.
(b) Color.
(c) Morality.
(d) Truth.

10. Who is the executive director of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania?
(a) Joe Rogers.
(b) Lynn Rivers.
(c) Andrew Goldstein.
(d) Russel Weston.

11. How far into writing this book is Solomon when he realizes the purpose for writing it?
(a) Three-fouths.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-fourth.

12. What university is Thomas Crowe from?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Buckingham.
(c) Emory.
(d) Oxford.

13. What does Solomon believe is the best indicator of recovery?
(a) Sense of humor.
(b) Stability in relationships.
(c) Going weeks without crying.
(d) Being able to talk seriously about their problems.

14. The suicide rate when up in the U.S. after the suicide of who?
(a) Kurt Cobain.
(b) Brynn Hartman.
(c) Dave Garroway.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

15. What percent of people in the U.S. suffering from serious mental illness are unemployed?
(a) 75 to 85 percent.
(b) 70 to 80 percent.
(c) 90 to 100 percent.
(d) 85 to 95 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thomas Crowe believes that schizophrenia and affective disorders may be the price humans pay for having what?

2. What kind of job does Angel get?

3. How often does someone in the U.S. commit suicide?

4. How does depression affect reproduction?

5. Who came up with four suicide types that are no longer used today?

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