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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. Where does Styron spend his summers?
(a) At Martha's Vineyard.
(b) In Florida.
(c) On his farm in Connecticut.
(d) In Paris.

2. What does Styron say about not returning to France?
(a) It cost so much to go and he was nearly broke.
(b) He had such a miserable time in Paris.
(c) He doesn't like to travel.
(d) He believes one day in the near future he will take his own life.

3. Who arranges a meeting between Albert Camus and Styron?
(a) Cino del Duco
(b) Romain Gary.
(c) Rose Styron.
(d) William Styron.

4. During the dinner party, what does Styron do with his diary?
(a) He reads portions of it to his friends.
(b) He hides it from his friends and wife.
(c) He gives it to a friend to publish.
(d) He wraps it and throws it in the garbage.

5. What does this music make him realize?
(a) That he didn't want to life any more.
(b) That he couldn't leave all the pleasant memories that the house around him held.
(c) That his suicide would hurt his wife too much.
(d) That music could restore his soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the old term for depression?

2. How does Styron explain his approach to his self-destruction?

3. What does Gary confess to Styron about Camus's depression?

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

5. What note does Styron want to copy for his goodbye letter?

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