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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city is Styron in at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Atlanta.

2. What philosophical question does Gary present as central to all philosophy; a question that confuses Styron until years later when he suffers his depression?
(a) Are all suicides due to weak character?
(b) Does man depend on other men?
(c) Is life worth living?
(d) Why does life have hardships?

3. What is the award Styron receives?
(a) Nobel Peace Prize.
(b) He didn't receive one, he was giving one.
(c) Newberry Award.
(d) Prix Mondial Cino del Duca award.

4. What does Styron say depression is like?
(a) An extra sleepy mood.
(b) Drowning or suffocation.
(c) A sadness.
(d) Makes him angry at everyone.

5. What puzzles Styron about Camus's book, "The Fall"?
(a) That the lawyer/narrator would want to kill himself.
(b) The title didn't fit the story.
(c) It was written so brilliantly though Camus was depressed.
(d) It was a good narrative of what a depressed person experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the depth of his depression in Paris, what does Styron realize he would have to decide?

2. What is Styron not able to recover?

3. What do Styron's companions notice about him?

4. What does Gary reveal to Styron about the effect the death of his ex-wife had on him?

5. What causes Styron to lose his voice in Paris?

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