Darkness Visible Quiz Questions | Quiz: Chapter 3

Quiz: Chapter 3

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What does Styron say would cause many depression-related suicides?
a) Lack of moral strength by the depressed person.
b) Lack of awareness by others about the intensity of the pain.
c) Lack of psychiatric treatment protocols.
d) Lack of medicines to treat depression.

2. Where did Styron meet Hoffman?
a) At the del Duco award dinner.
b) He had never really met him, only talked to him.
c) At a democratic convention.
d) At a writer's conference.

3. Though the death of the poet, Randall Jarrell, was ruled accidental, why does Styron say it was probably suicide?
a) He didn't want Jarrell's widow to receive the large insurance settlement.
b) He wanted to gain support for his...
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