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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Think of Pretty Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Elizabeth want to live from now on?
(a) In-between.
(b) In a dull monotone.
(c) With extreme highs and lows.
(d) Only happy all the time.

2. How does Elizabeth describe her depression when she is at Harvard?
(a) A black wave.
(b) A dying sunflower.
(c) A black diamond.
(d) A black cloud.

3. What does Dr. Sterling talk about with Elizabeth's father?
(a) Insurance.
(b) Elizabeth's depression.
(c) Better parenting skills.
(d) Divorce.

4. What do her friends suggest she read instead in order to be happy to be alive?
(a) Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance.
(c) Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass.
(d) Henry David Thoreau's Walden.

5. Which one of these things is not one of the things that drives someone to depression, according to Elizabeth?
(a) Money.
(b) Divorce
(c) Drugs
(d) Death

Short Answer Questions

1. Which drug has Elizabeth decided to "cold-kick?"

2. Which television show wants her to come on as a guest?

3. What does Elizabeth's mother attribute her recent changes to?

4. When Elizabeth is describing her future suicide attempt to Dr. Sterling, what is her emotional state?

5. Who takes care of Elizabeth after Rafe breaks up with her?

(see the answer key)

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