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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the old term for depression?
(a) Mental deficit.
(b) Manic depressive.
(c) Mania.
(d) Melancholia.

2. Why would Jarrell's widow not want to admit he committed suicide?
(a) Because of the stigma of suicide.
(b) She didn't believe he committed suicide.
(c) She was cheating on him.
(d) Because she couldn't collect his life insurance.

3. What does Styron say about alcohol's mood-altering characteristics?
(a) It is an upper, but depressed him.
(b) It lightened his mood for a good amount of time.
(c) It is a depressant, but didn't depress him.
(d) It had no effect on his mood.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Styron do about his physical disabilities?

2. What reaction does Styron have to a flock of Canadian geese?

3. What events led to Abraham Lincoln suffering depression and even attempting suicide?

4. Who is the doctor from Johns Hopkins who gave the name depression to the disease?

5. How did Levi's friends and admirers react to his suicide?

(see the answer key)

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