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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Styron recognize Camus's depression?
(a) He didn't believe in depression at the time.
(b) He had never experienced depression himself, so had no real clue.
(c) He didn't know Camus very well.
(d) Camus hid it very well because he was embarrassed by it.

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

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

4. What brings about Styron's flashback at the beginning of the story?
(a) Visiting the museum.
(b) Seeing his two friends.
(c) Winning the award.
(d) Seeing the Hotel.

5. How did Levi commit suicide?
(a) Took an overdose of pills.
(b) Hung himself.
(c) Stepped in front of a moving car.
(d) Hurled himself down a flight of stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens before Styron meets with Camus?

2. What bothers Styron about his meeting with Gary's estranged wife?

3. Why is Styron so sad about Hoffman's suicide?

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

5. Though the death of the poet, Randall Jarrell, was ruled accidental, why does Styron say it was probably suicide?

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