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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Right before the onset of his depression, Styron begins to suffer from what?
(a) Excessive sleepiness.
(b) Extreme joy.
(c) Hypochondria.
(d) Lack of sexual interest.

2. What quote from Baudelaire does Styron use to explain his feelings?
(a) "Madness breeds madness."
(b) "Madness is but a figment of the imagination."
(c) "I have felt the wind of the wing of madness."
(d) "Man's madness is his downfall."

3. What bothers Styron so much about not being able to meet Camus?
(a) Because it meant he barely missed getting to meet the man whose writing he so admired.
(b) It meant Camus couldn't hear about winning the award.
(c) It meant he had to go to his luncheon with Lady del Duco.
(d) It meant there was another suicide in his circle of friends.

4. What does he think about art therapy?
(a) Too difficult hard.
(b) He would rather write than paint or draw.
(c) Skeptical because of the teacher's overly effusive praise, but eventually likes it.
(d) A waste of time.

5. At the dinner party, how does Styron react to the four friends?
(a) He brags through the whole dinner party about his accomplishments.
(b) He is catatonic and does not speak.
(c) He gets angry and speaks hatefully to them.
(d) He cries throughout the dinner because of his depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three factors does Styron name as contributing to depression?

2. Why is it hard for Styron to recognize depression in his friend, Gary?

3. Sir Walter Scott and the Brontes linked what two illnesses interchangeably?

4. What note does Styron want to copy for his goodbye letter?

5. What does Styron believe he needs to get well that can be provided by the hospital?

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