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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Styron's friend, Abbie Hoffman, do professionally?
(a) He was Styron's psychiatrist.
(b) He was a family member so depressed that he had no profession.
(c) He was a political activist.
(d) He was a fellow writer and philosopher.

2. What do Styron's companions notice about him?
(a) He is very sleepy.
(b) He is disoriented.
(c) That he appears not to feel well.
(d) He is angry at his friends.

3. Why doesn't Styron recognize Camus's depression?
(a) He didn't believe in depression at the time.
(b) He had never experienced depression himself, so had no real clue.
(c) Camus hid it very well because he was embarrassed by it.
(d) He didn't know Camus very well.

4. What does Styron think of these two people, who were close literary friends?
(a) He thinks they both had depression.
(b) He doesn't think their writing was very good.
(c) He thinks they should move to America where they would be more recognized.
(d) He thinks they should have won the award.

5. How did Levi commit suicide?
(a) Hung himself.
(b) Hurled himself down a flight of stairs.
(c) Stepped in front of a moving car.
(d) Took an overdose of pills.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Stryon say it will be before he returns to Paris?

3. Styron calls depression:

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

5. How old was Styron when he published his first novel?

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