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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Styron agrees with what literary guide's belief?
(a) Depression always leads to suicide.
(b) Man's alienation from other men.
(c) All men suffer from deep depression.
(d) Depression never causes suicide.

2. What is the term Styron uses to better describe what is happening to a person with depression?
(a) A brain storm.
(b) A weak psyche.
(c) A blue funk.
(d) Mourning for loss.

3. What does Styron do to try and stop the hopeless feelings?
(a) Drink huge amounts of alcohol.
(b) Clung to familiar items like glasses and pens.
(c) Take long walks in the woods.
(d) Get his doctor to give him more medicine.

4. 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.

5. What percentage of artistic types who suffer from depression die from suicide?
(a) 60%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 20%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Styron's companions notice about him?

3. What does he think about art therapy?

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

5. What symptoms did Jarrell suffer from that caused Styron to believe in Jarrell's suicide?

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