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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Styron's companions notice about him?
(a) He is angry at his friends.
(b) He is very sleepy.
(c) He is disoriented.
(d) That he appears not to feel well.

2. Styron calls depression:
(a) Very common.
(b) Disorder of mood.
(c) Terrible sadness.
(d) Very rare.

3. What does Styron lose at the luncheon in Paris?
(a) His mind.
(b) His best friend.
(c) Control of his anger.
(d) His check for $25,000.

4. What two people does Styron think of while leaving Paris?
(a) His father and brother.
(b) His son and brother.
(c) Job and Milton.
(d) Albert Camus and Romain Gary.

5. What did Styron do for Hoffman regarding a political demonstration led by Hoffman?
(a) Referred him to a psychiatrist in New York.
(b) Introduced him to Lady del Duco in hopes of winning the award in the future.
(c) Testified for him at a trial in Chicago.
(d) He never really met Hoffman, so didn't do anything for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Styron say about not returning to France?

3. Who is Styron's literary guide?

4. What percentage of artistic types who suffer from depression die from suicide?

5. What brings about Styron's flashback at the beginning of the story?

(see the answer key)

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