1. What puzzles Styron about Camus's book, "The Fall"?
(a) It was a good narrative of what a depressed person experiences.
(b) It was written so brilliantly though Camus was depressed.
(c) That the lawyer/narrator would want to kill himself.
(d) The title didn't fit the story.

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

3. What does Styron say about alcohol's mood-altering characteristics?
(a) It is a depressant, but didn't depress him.
(b) It had no effect on his mood.
(c) It lightened his mood for a good amount of time.
(d) It is an upper, but depressed him.

4. What does Styron realize in Paris that helps him understand what is happening to him?
(a) He can't think clearly anymore.
(b) The circadian cycle gives him moments of brief respite from the deep depression, giving clarity of thought.
(c) He begins to cry incessantly and realizes he is depressed.
(d) He can't talk to his wife any more.

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