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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Styron say that physical symptoms accompany depression?
(a) Illness leads to depression.
(b) Depressed people are clumsy and suffer several injuries.
(c) The mind can better accept that there is a physical cause than a mental one.
(d) Depressed persons have more illnesses.

2. Sir Walter Scott and the Brontes linked what two illnesses interchangeably?
(a) Cancer and depression.
(b) Influenza and depression.
(c) Lukemia and depression.
(d) Melancholia and hypochondria.

3. What events led to Abraham Lincoln suffering depression and even attempting suicide?
(a) His wife's infidelity.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) Slavery in the South.
(d) The death of his mother when he was 9 and his sister 10 years later.

4. Which group of people does depression never happen to?
(a) People younger than their teens.
(b) None are excluded; it attacks all groups.
(c) Older people who have gotten a grasp on life.
(d) Mothers who enjoy their role.

5. Who arranges a meeting between Albert Camus and Styron?
(a) Romain Gary.
(b) William Styron.
(c) Cino del Duco
(d) Rose Styron.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Camus's essay about a prisoner on death row impact Styron's writing?

2. What three factors does Styron name as contributing to depression?

3. What does Styron call the condition of the person suffering unrelenting depression?

4. What brings about Styron's flashback at the beginning of the story?

5. Where did Styron meet Hoffman?

(see the answer key)

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