Darkness Visible | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. What city is Styron in at the beginning of the memoir?

Paris.

2. What is the award Styron receives?

Prix Mondial Cino del Duca award.

3. What does Styron say he will do with the prize money he won?

Give most to charity but save a small portion for a personal matter.

4. What happens to Styron during his museum visit in Paris?

He begins to feel the late evening lethargy that always descends.

5. What does Styron say depression is like?

Drowning or suffocation.

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

That he appears not to feel well.

7. In what year does Styron first realize his illness could lead to his death?

1985.

8. What brings about Styron's flashback at the beginning of the story?

Seeing the Hotel.

9. What does Styron think after his flashback?

That he has come full circle.