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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the dinner party, how does Styron react to the four friends?
(a) He brags through the whole dinner party about his accomplishments.
(b) He is catatonic and does not speak.
(c) He gets angry and speaks hatefully to them.
(d) He cries throughout the dinner because of his depression.

2. What reaction does Styron have to a flock of Canadian geese?
(a) They temporarily restore his good feelings.
(b) He thinks they are graceful.
(c) He is frozen in anxiety at the sight of them.
(d) He tries to shoot them.

3. What is a probable reason that Styron's doctor or family don't suggest hospitalization for him?
(a) The social stigma and the fact that mental illness is not tangible or visible.
(b) They don't know he was that bad.
(c) He gets angry whenever they approach the subject.
(d) They don't think it would help him.

4. What does Styron's psychiatrist recommend to him about the hospital?
(a) To plan on staying for a year in the hospital.
(b) To go to the hospital for treatment.
(c) To avoid the hospital at all costs.
(d) To go to a hospital in Paris so no one would know.

5. Which group of people does depression never happen to?
(a) Mothers who enjoy their role.
(b) None are excluded; it attacks all groups.
(c) People younger than their teens.
(d) Older people who have gotten a grasp on life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two substances contribute to Styron's depression?

2. How does Camus's essay about a prisoner on death row impact Styron's writing?

3. What piece of music moves Styron to his breakthrough and hospitalization?

4. How does Styron feel about his Connecticut farmhouse?

5. What is Styron's diary a symbol of?

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