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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Styron respond to the experimental approach?
(a) He demanded another drug.
(b) He immediately got better.
(c) He was in mental anguish, wanting immediate relief.
(d) He didn't notice anything, but was hopeful so did better.

2. According to Styron, what is the greatest fallacy about suicide?
(a) That suicide is a painless way to go.
(b) The idea that there is one particular cause.
(c) That people only have to "buck up."
(d) That all depressed people commit suicide.

3. What starts Styron's downward spiral into depression?
(a) Being isolated in Connecticut in the winter.
(b) The loss of several friends to suicide.
(c) He begins to suffer nausea when drinking alcohol, which he had depended upon.
(d) Trouble with his wife.

4. What two substances contribute to Styron's depression?
(a) Alcohol and Halcion.
(b) Heroin and tobacco.
(c) Cocaine and alcohol.
(d) Tobacco and alcohol.

5. What happens to Styron's speech as he becomes more depressed?
(a) It becomes very rapid.
(b) It slows to a halting rate.
(c) He is unable to make certain sounds.
(d) Nothing happens to his speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Levi commit suicide?

2. What does Styron want us to understand about those who commit suicide?

3. What philosophical question does Gary present as central to all philosophy; a question that confuses Styron until years later when he suffers his depression?

4. For Styron, what is the most devastating loss of physical functions?

5. Why is Styron not worried about the loss?

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