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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Styron say depression is like?
(a) Makes him angry at everyone.
(b) Drowning or suffocation.
(c) A sadness.
(d) An extra sleepy mood.

2. Which group of people have more incidence of depression than all others?
(a) Rich people.
(b) Children.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Women suffer more than any other group of people.

3. Why is Styron not worried about the loss?
(a) He feels he is justified in getting angry.
(b) He is so depressed and lethargic that nothing matters to him.
(c) He knows he will be okay later.
(d) He knows his friend will be his friend again.

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. What does Styron call the DSM?
(a) The psychiatrist's bible.
(b) Very inaccurate guide.
(c) A guide to treatment.
(d) A good manual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Styron calls depression:

2. What two people does Styron think of while leaving Paris?

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

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

5. What happens before Styron meets with Camus?

(see the answer key)

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