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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Styron, what is between Gaelic and Americana?
(a) His memoir.
(b) Paris museums.
(c) The restaurant he went to after getting his award.
(d) The French bidet.

2. What city is Styron in at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Rome.

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

4. What starts Styron's downward spiral into depression?
(a) He begins to suffer nausea when drinking alcohol, which he had depended upon.
(b) Trouble with his wife.
(c) The loss of several friends to suicide.
(d) Being isolated in Connecticut in the winter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Styron describe his recovery from depression?

2. What term does Styron use to describe his depression?

3. What does this music make him realize?

4. What happens to persons in physical pain that is not experienced with mental pain?

5. What piece of music moves Styron to his breakthrough and hospitalization?

(see the answer key)

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