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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Styron respond to the experimental approach?
(a) He immediately got better.
(b) He didn't notice anything, but was hopeful so did better.
(c) He was in mental anguish, wanting immediate relief.
(d) He demanded another drug.

2. Why does Styron say he was betrayed the summer before he was hospitalized?
(a) His wife cheated on him.
(b) His doctor treated him with the wrong drug.
(c) He could not longer drink any alcohol at all.
(d) His friends deserted him.

3. What does Styron's psychiatrist do that sends him into a deep depression?
(a) Tells him he would have to wait ten days before starting his new medicine, and then it would take 6-8 weeks to work.
(b) Tells him he was never going to recover.
(c) Tells him to leave his wife if he wanted to get better.
(d) Puts him in the hospital.

4. How old was Levi when he committed his suicide?
(a) 67.
(b) 74.
(c) 39.
(d) 26.

5. What does Styron think of these two people, who were close literary friends?
(a) He thinks they both had depression.
(b) He thinks they should have won the award.
(c) He doesn't think their writing was very good.
(d) He thinks they should move to America where they would be more recognized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Gary's ex-wife?

2. Who does Styron compare his psychiatrist to?

3. Who is the doctor from Johns Hopkins who gave the name depression to the disease?

4. According to Styron, why is the word depression so hard for people to accept?

5. What starts Styron's downward spiral into depression?

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