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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Levi's friends and admirers react to his suicide?
(a) They were mystified and believed him to be weak.
(b) They tried to ignore him and his work after that.
(c) They were devastated and grieved over it.
(d) They didn't believe it.

4. How does Camus's essay about a prisoner on death row impact Styron's writing?
(a) It causes him to stop writing for a while.
(b) It causes him to want to write much better than he felt Camus did.
(c) It gives him some ideas about stories he wants to write.
(d) It leads to his using a narrator on death row to tell the story in "Confessions of Nat Turner."

5. What does Styron say the award he received should have done for him?
(a) Make him new friends.
(b) Make him famous.
(c) Pay all his bills.
(d) Restore his ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Styron say he will do with the prize money he won?

2. What Camus novel has a profound impact on Styron?

3. What is unusual about Styron's visit to Paris?

4. What does Styron lose at the luncheon in Paris?

5. What does Styron believe about a depressed colleague's decision to ride with a reckless driver?

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