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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Styron do about his physical disabilities?
(a) Welcomes the possibility that he might die from one of them.
(b) Stops work and stays at home.
(c) He undergoes several thousands of dollars of testing to find out he was physically fine.
(d) Gets scared he was going to die.

2. What does Styron think after his flashback?
(a) That he did have some good times in the past.
(b) That he has come full circle.
(c) That he didn't like visiting Paris.
(d) That his life has been great.

3. What percentage of artistic types who suffer from depression die from suicide?
(a) 10%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 100%.

4. In Chapter 3, what event causes Styron to more fully explore the relationship between depression and suicide?
(a) Styron sunk deeper into a depressive state.
(b) The suicide of Abbie Hoffman.
(c) His whole family rejected him.
(d) His wife left him.

5. Why does Styron say he was betrayed the summer before he was hospitalized?
(a) His wife cheated on him.
(b) He could not longer drink any alcohol at all.
(c) His doctor treated him with the wrong drug.
(d) His friends deserted him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are late afternoons so distressing to Styron?

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

3. What characteristic of depression make Styron's memoir limited in benefit?

4. Why is Styron not worried about the loss?

5. What bothers Styron so much about not being able to meet Camus?

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