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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. What does Levi's suicide cause Styron to do?
(a) Plan his own suicide.
(b) Denounce Levi as his friend.
(c) Condemn Levi for his cowardice.
(d) Write an op-ed piece to the NY Times on depression, discounting the shame most felt about it.

2. What does Styron's psychiatrist recommend to him about the hospital?
(a) To go to the hospital for treatment.
(b) To go to a hospital in Paris so no one would know.
(c) To plan on staying for a year in the hospital.
(d) To avoid the hospital at all costs.

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

4. Why does Styron think of his mother as he listens to the music?
(a) It spoke of a lady like her.
(b) It was played at her funeral.
(c) He had heard her sing it.
(d) She played it on the piano.

5. What drugs does Styron's doctor give him that are NOT recommended for people with depression?
(a) Prozac and Ativan.
(b) Halcion and Ibuprofen.
(c) Penicillin and Halcion.
(d) Halcion and Ativan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to anxiety, what other characteristic of depression becomes manifest?

2. After Primo Levi's suicide, what causes Styron to question the common view that those who commit suicide are weak and inept?

3. What is the hardest piece of writing Styron attempted during his depression?

4. What does Styron lose at the luncheon in Paris?

5. What does Styron say would cause many depression-related suicides?

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