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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. Sir Walter Scott and the Brontes linked what two illnesses interchangeably?
(a) Influenza and depression.
(b) Cancer and depression.
(c) Melancholia and hypochondria.
(d) Lukemia and depression.

2. What does Gary confess to Styron about Camus's depression?
(a) He knew Camus was going to commit suicide and did nothing about it.
(b) He had tried to convince Camus to get help.
(c) That Gary saw the same depression in himself, though it was controlled.
(d) He didn't believe Camus really suffered from depression.

3. What happens to Gary's ex-wife?
(a) She was killed by someone, probably Gary himself.
(b) She shot herself.
(c) She disappeared and was never found again.
(d) She took an overdose of pills and her body was found in a car after several days.

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

5. According to Styron, who wrote about depression and seemed to really understand it?
(a) Gary.
(b) Dante.
(c) Camus.
(d) Chaucer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Styron call the condition of the person suffering unrelenting depression?

2. How does Camus's essay about a prisoner on death row impact Styron's writing?

3. What is a probable reason that Styron's doctor or family don't suggest hospitalization for him?

4. Which group of people have more incidence of depression than all others?

5. Why does Styron say that physical symptoms accompany depression?

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