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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. What does Styron's psychiatrist do that sends him into a deep depression?
(a) Tells him to leave his wife if he wanted to get better.
(b) Puts him in the hospital.
(c) Tells him he would have to wait ten days before starting his new medicine, and then it would take 6-8 weeks to work.
(d) Tells him he was never going to recover.

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

3. Though depression tends to recur, what advantage do sufferers of recurrence have?
(a) Their family knows what to do for them.
(b) They know the best doctors and hospitals to use.
(c) They are already on medicines.
(d) They know it is curable and know how to work through it.

4. What do Styron's companions notice about him?
(a) He is angry at his friends.
(b) That he appears not to feel well.
(c) He is disoriented.
(d) He is very sleepy.

5. What does Styron think after his flashback?
(a) That he has come full circle.
(b) That he didn't like visiting Paris.
(c) That he did have some good times in the past.
(d) That his life has been great.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does he throw his diary in the garbage instead of burning it?

2. What is Styron's avoidance of death due to?

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

4. What does Styron say about alcohol's mood-altering characteristics?

5. What does Styron say is the most universal symptom of depression?

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