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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of people does depression never happen to?
(a) Older people who have gotten a grasp on life.
(b) People younger than their teens.
(c) Mothers who enjoy their role.
(d) None are excluded; it attacks all groups.

2. What bothers Styron so much about not being able to meet Camus?
(a) It meant he had to go to his luncheon with Lady del Duco.
(b) Because it meant he barely missed getting to meet the man whose writing he so admired.
(c) It meant there was another suicide in his circle of friends.
(d) It meant Camus couldn't hear about winning the award.

3. After Primo Levi's suicide, what causes Styron to question the common view that those who commit suicide are weak and inept?
(a) Levi was involved in so many good causes.
(b) Levi worked out all the time and was very strong.
(c) Levi had survived the Auschwitz and cared for his paralyzed mother.
(d) Levi was such a good writer.

4. Where did Styron meet Hoffman?
(a) At a democratic convention.
(b) At a writer's conference.
(c) At the del Duco award dinner.
(d) He had never really met him, only talked to him.

5. What is unusual about Styron's visit to Paris?
(a) He doesn't eat anything while he was there.
(b) The bathrooms have bidets in them.
(c) He doesn't visit anything but the museum.
(d) He refuses to go to a luncheon in his honor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What puzzles Styron about Camus's book, "The Fall"?

3. What philosophical question does Gary present as central to all philosophy; a question that confuses Styron until years later when he suffers his depression?

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

5. Why is Styron not worried about the loss?

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