Question

PART A: How does Solomon argue against the idea that depression is a middle-class phenomenon?

A
He provides examples of people who suffer from depression from various backgrounds.
B
He proves that depression is actually more common among lower income individuals.
C
He provides examples in which middle-class people do not suffer from depression.
D
He explains how middle class people often don’t have difficult experiences that trigger depression.

PART B: Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A
“And I remember being amazed at that point to think that someone who clearly had so many bad experiences with so many different treatments still had buried in him, somewhere, enough optimism to reach out for one more.” ( Paragraph 32)
B
“And yet it turns out that if you have a really lovely life but feel miserable all the time, you think, ‘Why do I feel like this? I must have depression.’" ( Paragraph 34)
C
“Depression is the result of a genetic vulnerability, which is presumably evenly distributed in the population, and triggering circumstances, which are likely to be more severe for people who are impoverished.” ( Paragraph 34)
D
“And so we have an epidemic in this country of depression among impoverished people that's not being picked up and that's not being treated and that's not being addressed,” ( Paragraph 35)

Answer 1

Part A: B

Part B: C

Step-by-step explanation:

"Depression, the Secret We Share" is a transcript of Andrew Solomon's TED talks discussion on depression. In this, he shares his experience with depression and how he finally found a way to deal with it.

In his talk, he shares that depression is often associated with middle-class phenomenon. But he looked for the symptoms of depression in people who are impoverished and have low incomes. It was found that depression can be traced in individuals who are impoverished. Poor people do not even get treatment for depression. So, he proved that depression is not a middle-class thing but most commonly found in impoverished people.

So, for Part A, the correct answer is option B.

To support the claim of Part A, that how Solomon argued against depression being a middle-class thing, can be found in option C. In this Solomon claimed that depression can be found common in the people who have lower incomes and are impoverished. It was proven with an example of a woman named Lolly, who was diagnosed with depression. She was a woman with seven kids and an abusive husband. She undertook the six months experimental protocol of combating depression. After which, she was able to leave her abusive husband and live a good lifestyle with her kids.

So, the correct answer for Part B question would be C.