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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point in one's life does Styron say the seeds of depression are planted?
(a) In childhood.
(b) In early adulthood.
(c) In middle age.
(d) There is not one particular time, it varies.

2. What does Styron believe about a depressed colleague's decision to ride with a reckless driver?
(a) That his friend didn't have any choice about who to ride with.
(b) That his friend didn't want to embarrass his friend by refusing a ride.
(c) That he probably didn't know the driver was so reckless.
(d) That it was a form of suicide.

3. What does the doctor tell Styron about his medicine, Halcion, and its dosage?
(a) It is three times the normal dose and not recommended for men his age.
(b) It is not effective for depression.
(c) He needs a much larger dose.
(d) It is the best medicine.

4. What does Styron say would cause many depression-related suicides?
(a) Lack of awareness by others about the intensity of the pain.
(b) Lack of psychiatric treatment protocols.
(c) Lack of medicines to treat depression.
(d) Lack of moral strength by the depressed person.

5. What does Styron say is absent in depression that causes it to be so difficult to endure?
(a) Good hospitals.
(b) Doctors who know what to do.
(c) Medicine to treat it.
(d) The hope of deliverance is absent and makes it almost impossible to endure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Styron give to the loss of a parent or something early in life?

2. Which novel character does Styron compare himself with?

3. What two people does Styron think of while leaving Paris?

4. Why would Jarrell's widow not want to admit he committed suicide?

5. In the depth of his depression in Paris, what does Styron realize he would have to decide?

(see the answer key)

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