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

2. What is Martha Manning's profession?

3. What plant is used to help with depression?

4. What does a Holocaust survivor that Solomon meets focus on in the concentration camps?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the four groups of suicides.

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

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

4. Why is it important for one to find a therapist that they like?

5. How do depression and addiction create a cycle?

6. What does Rufus believe about depression or melancholy?

7. Describe Solomon's experience with cocaine.

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

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

10. Why would some antidepressants actually increase the likelihood of suicide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does lack of money link to depression? Why are so many impoverished Americans depressed? What does Solomon say about getting treatment for them?

Essay Topic 2

How does Solomon feel about his own depression? What kind of person has he become as a result of being depressed? How does Solomon feel about life as a result of his depression?

Essay Topic 3

Solomon speaks about antidepressants in almost every chapter. What is his opinion of them? Why do you think he spends so much time writing about them?

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