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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bothers Styron about his meeting with Gary's estranged wife?
(a) That Gary was letting his estranged wife live with him.
(b) Gary's wife wasn't very involved with her son.
(c) Their son was caught between their differences.
(d) That he didn't understand her deep depression and what it meant.

2. In the depth of his depression in Paris, what does Styron realize he would have to decide?
(a) The philosophical question of whether life is worth living or not.
(b) What doctor to see about it.
(c) Whether to tell his wife or not.
(d) Whether to admit it to the press or not.

3. What brings about Styron's flashback at the beginning of the story?
(a) Visiting the museum.
(b) Seeing his two friends.
(c) Seeing the Hotel.
(d) Winning the award.

4. What happens to Styron during his museum visit in Paris?
(a) He runs out and leaves the group he was with.
(b) He begins to feel the late evening lethargy that always descends.
(c) He finds inspiration for another book.
(d) He complains to his wife about the museum the whole time.

5. 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) His whole family rejected him.
(c) His wife left him.
(d) The suicide of Abbie Hoffman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Styron say depression is like?

2. What causes Styron to lose his voice in Paris?

3. After Primo Levi's suicide, what causes Styron to question the common view that those who commit suicide are weak and inept?

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

5. What does Styron say would cause many depression-related suicides?

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