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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Styron call the DSM?
(a) A guide to treatment.
(b) Very inaccurate guide.
(c) A good manual.
(d) The psychiatrist's bible.

2. What happens to Gary's ex-wife?
(a) She shot herself.
(b) She took an overdose of pills and her body was found in a car after several days.
(c) She was killed by someone, probably Gary himself.
(d) She disappeared and was never found again.

3. What characteristic of depression make Styron's memoir limited in benefit?
(a) Its complexity made the memoir about only one person limited.
(b) He had to be hospitalized so couldn't finish the memoir in the manner he wanted.
(c) He couldn't write so well because of the immobility of depression.
(d) He couldn't give good advice because the depression made him suicidal.

4. What does Styron say depression is like?
(a) An extra sleepy mood.
(b) A sadness.
(c) Makes him angry at everyone.
(d) Drowning or suffocation.

5. What quote from Baudelaire does Styron use to explain his feelings?
(a) "Madness breeds madness."
(b) "Man's madness is his downfall."
(c) "Madness is but a figment of the imagination."
(d) "I have felt the wind of the wing of madness."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary reveal to Styron about the effect the death of his ex-wife had on him?

2. In what year does Styron first realize his illness could lead to his death?

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

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

5. What does Styron say about assigning reasons for suicide to those who take that route?

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