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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Styron's body feel in the beginning of his depression?
(a) Energetic, strong, capable, and lively.
(b) Numb, frail, disjointed, and clumsy.
(c) Manic, hyper, shaky, and strange.
(d) Heavy, lethargic, awkward, and bloated.

2. What is a common occurrence in people planning suicide?
(a) Sending all family away for a time.
(b) A revision of their will.
(c) Detailed plans for their death.
(d) A second self who observes the self planning its destruction.

3. Who is the doctor from Johns Hopkins who gave the name depression to the disease?
(a) Dr. Adkins.
(b) An unnamed psychiatrist.
(c) Dr. Gold.
(d) Dr. Adolf Meier.

4. Sir Walter Scott and the Brontes linked what two illnesses interchangeably?
(a) Melancholia and hypochondria.
(b) Lukemia and depression.
(c) Cancer and depression.
(d) Influenza and depression.

5. What bothers Styron about his meeting with Gary's estranged wife?
(a) That Gary was letting his estranged wife live with him.
(b) Gary's wife wasn't very involved with her son.
(c) Their son was caught between their differences.
(d) That he didn't understand her deep depression and what it meant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Styron feels alone, who is always with him?

2. What does Styron say about not returning to France?

3. What two substances contribute to Styron's depression?

4. What three factors does Styron name as contributing to depression?

5. Why does he throw his diary in the garbage instead of burning it?

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