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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Styron mange to avoid the recommended shock treatment?
(a) His doctor doesn't believe in it.
(b) He pretends that he had already had it.
(c) He begins to get better immediately.
(d) He refuses to let them do it.

2. In Chapter 3, what event causes Styron to more fully explore the relationship between depression and suicide?
(a) His wife left him.
(b) Styron sunk deeper into a depressive state.
(c) His whole family rejected him.
(d) The suicide of Abbie Hoffman.

3. What is Styron not able to recover?
(a) His fame.
(b) His family.
(c) His lucidity.
(d) His friendships.

4. What clues does Gary reveal that Styron later learns was probably signs of deep depression?
(a) Shaky hands and weak, quiet voice.
(b) Withdrawal from friendships.
(c) Constant weepiness.
(d) Lack of cohesive thought.

5. When is depression at its worst?
(a) Fake feelings of sadness.
(b) Painful sorrow.
(c) A blue state.
(d) Madness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sir Walter Scott and the Brontes linked what two illnesses interchangeably?

2. According to Styron, how many women have won the Prix Mondial Cino del Duca award?

3. What does Styron realize in Paris that helps him understand what is happening to him?

4. Why does Styron think of his mother as he listens to the music?

5. Though the death of the poet, Randall Jarrell, was ruled accidental, why does Styron say it was probably suicide?

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