PART A: Which of the following identifies Andrew Solomon's main claim in the speech? Depression is often not openly discussed because it is an uncommon mental illness, and usually
too mild to recognize or treat
Depression is overwhelmingly experienced by wealthy people who feel dissatisfied despite
having good lives.
It is difficult to seek treatment for depression, as it is viewed as a glorified form of sadness rather
than a serious mental illness.
People do not openly talk about their depression or seek treatment because it has often been
viewed as embarrassing.
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Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. my silent response to the expectant silence begins to affect the air of the room, the bits of dust and sportcoat-lint stirred around by the ac’s vents dancing jaggedly in the slanted plane of windowlight, the air over the table like the sparkling space just above a fresh-poured seltzer. the coach, in a slight accent neither british nor australian, is telling c.t. that the whole application-interface process, while usually just a pleasant formality, is probably best accentuated by letting the applicant speak up for himself. in this excerpt, the narrator is providing a, both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries. b. only objective information about people, setting, and events. c. only subjective responses to the things he sees and experiences. d. a compromised interpretation of events due to his unstable condition.