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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which novel character does Styron compare himself with?
(a) Lennie from "Of Mice and Men."
(b) Captain Ahab from "Moby Dick."
(c) Rhett Butler from "Gone With the Wind."
(d) Emma Bovary from "Madame Bovary."

2. What causes Styron to lose his voice in Paris?
(a) Severe depression and resulting lethargy.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Damp weather.
(d) Screaming until he was hoarse.

3. Where did Styron meet Hoffman?
(a) He had never really met him, only talked to him.
(b) At a democratic convention.
(c) At the del Duco award dinner.
(d) At a writer's conference.

4. What is the term Styron uses to better describe what is happening to a person with depression?
(a) A blue funk.
(b) Mourning for loss.
(c) A brain storm.
(d) A weak psyche.

5. Why is Styron not worried about the loss?
(a) He feels he is justified in getting angry.
(b) He is so depressed and lethargic that nothing matters to him.
(c) He knows his friend will be his friend again.
(d) He knows he will be okay later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Styron so sad about Hoffman's suicide?

2. What effect does the failure of medicines to act quickly have on the depressed person?

3. How old was Levi when he committed his suicide?

4. What did Styron do for Hoffman regarding a political demonstration led by Hoffman?

5. What does Styron call the DSM?

(see the answer key)

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