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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 he will do with the prize money he won?
(a) Retire early and write.
(b) Pay off all old debts so he could concentrate on writing.
(c) Give most to charity but save a small portion for a personal matter.
(d) Give it all to charity.

2. Styron agrees with what literary guide's belief?
(a) All men suffer from deep depression.
(b) Man's alienation from other men.
(c) Depression always leads to suicide.
(d) Depression never causes suicide.

3. 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 have won the award.
(c) He thinks they should move to America where they would be more recognized.
(d) He thinks they both had depression.

4. Who arranges a meeting between Albert Camus and Styron?
(a) Cino del Duco
(b) Rose Styron.
(c) William Styron.
(d) Romain Gary.

5. What puzzles Styron about Camus's book, "The Fall"?
(a) It was written so brilliantly though Camus was depressed.
(b) The title didn't fit the story.
(c) It was a good narrative of what a depressed person experiences.
(d) That the lawyer/narrator would want to kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Styron's companions notice about him?

3. What happens to Styron during his museum visit in Paris?

4. What clues does Gary reveal that Styron later learns was probably signs of deep depression?

5. Why is Styron not worried about the loss?

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