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

2. What is the phenomenon in which young victims of loss harbor guilt and rage for their entire lives?
(a) Fear and anxiety.
(b) Lack of bonding.
(c) Depression.
(d) Incomplete mourning.

3. What does Styron say depression is like?
(a) Makes him angry at everyone.
(b) An extra sleepy mood.
(c) A sadness.
(d) Drowning or suffocation.

4. Styron compares the theories about depression to the theories about what?
(a) Creation.
(b) The world is square/round debate.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Dinosaurs and Black Holes.

5. According to Styron, how many women have won the Prix Mondial Cino del Duca award?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) More women than men.
(c) None.
(d) Only five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puzzles Styron about Camus's book, "The Fall"?

2. For Styron, what is the most devastating loss of physical functions?

3. What does Levi's suicide cause Styron to do?

4. What happens to Styron's writing as he descends into depression?

5. How does Styron describe his recovery from depression?

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