1. Why does Styron consult with Dr. Gold, who he didn't feel could really help him?
(a) To satisfy his wife, who demanded he get treatment.
(b) To receive the medicines he thought would help him.
(c) To get help for his friend, Camus.
(d) To look good to the press.

2. From Job to Styron's day, he says artists and writers have been trying to do what?
(a) Cheer up people who suffer from depression with their works.
(b) Overcome the effects of depression that overcome artists.
(c) Build better relationships to overcome depression.
(d) Explain the blackness of the fantasia of depression.

3. What does Styron do about his physical disabilities?
(a) He undergoes several thousands of dollars of testing to find out he was physically fine.
(b) Gets scared he was going to die.
(c) Welcomes the possibility that he might die from one of them.
(d) Stops work and stays at home.

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

5. How does Styron describe his recovery from depression?
(a) He says he was suddenly ecstatic.
(b) He says it was a slow, painful process.
(c) He says he suddenly felt like a body with sweet bodily juices flowing through him.
(d) He says he wasn't sure he was cured.