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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. What happens before Styron meets with Camus?
(a) Camus dies in a car accident.
(b) Camus leaves Paris.
(c) Camus gets upset at Styron for his moods.
(d) Camus leaves on his honeymoon.

2. What clues does Gary reveal that Styron later learns was probably signs of deep depression?
(a) Shaky hands and weak, quiet voice.
(b) Lack of cohesive thought.
(c) Constant weepiness.
(d) Withdrawal from friendships.

3. What happens to Styron's writing as he descends into depression?
(a) His writing doesn't make sense.
(b) It eventually becomes non-existent.
(c) He gets published much easier.
(d) He begins to write much faster and more productively.

4. What does Styron's psychiatrist do that sends him into a deep depression?
(a) Tells him he was never going to recover.
(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) Puts him in the hospital.

5. Right before the onset of his depression, Styron begins to suffer from what?
(a) Hypochondria.
(b) Lack of sexual interest.
(c) Excessive sleepiness.
(d) Extreme joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Styron's reaction to being admitted to the hospital?

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

3. What does the suicide of another of Styron's friends lead him to believe?

4. What philosophical question does Gary present as central to all philosophy; a question that confuses Styron until years later when he suffers his depression?

5. What bothers Styron about his meeting with Gary's estranged wife?

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