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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Styron, what often leads depressed people to commit suicide?
(a) Because of moral weakness and lack of character.
(b) Because depression is so deep they can't see any other way out.
(c) Because they don't have a very strong will to live.
(d) Because they don't love their families like other people do.

2. What does Styron want us to understand about those who commit suicide?
(a) That they were weak and couldn't handle pain.
(b) That they had no other way to escape.
(c) That secrecy and shame are not the right reaction.
(d) That they were always good writers.

3. What is unusual about Styron's visit to Paris?
(a) He doesn't visit anything but the museum.
(b) The bathrooms have bidets in them.
(c) He refuses to go to a luncheon in his honor.
(d) He doesn't eat anything while he was there.

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

5. What does Levi's suicide cause Styron to do?
(a) Plan his own suicide.
(b) Denounce Levi as his friend.
(c) Condemn Levi for his cowardice.
(d) Write an op-ed piece to the NY Times on depression, discounting the shame most felt about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puzzles Styron about Camus's book, "The Fall"?

2. According to Styron, what is between Gaelic and Americana?

3. What pressing question does Styron have about the course of depression?

4. Styron agrees with what literary guide's belief?

5. What does Styron call the DSM?

(see the answer key)

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