View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Styron not worried about the loss?
(a) He knows he will be okay later.
(b) He is so depressed and lethargic that nothing matters to him.
(c) He feels he is justified in getting angry.
(d) He knows his friend will be his friend again.

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

3. What is Styron not able to recover?
(a) His family.
(b) His fame.
(c) His friendships.
(d) His lucidity.

4. What percentage of artistic types who suffer from depression die from suicide?
(a) 10%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 60%.

5. What does the suicide of another of Styron's friends lead him to believe?
(a) That his friends must be weak.
(b) That he isn't a very good friend to others since he can't help them.
(c) That life isn't worth living.
(d) That he would soon have to face the fact that his own suicide is his only way out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Styron say he will do with the prize money he won?

2. Styron agrees with what literary guide's belief?

3. What does Styron say is the most universal symptom of depression?

4. What does Styron lose at the luncheon in Paris?

5. What is the award Styron receives?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 296 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample