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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What puzzles Styron about Camus's book, "The Fall"?
(a) It was written so brilliantly though Camus was depressed.
(b) The title didn't fit the story.
(c) That the lawyer/narrator would want to kill himself.
(d) It was a good narrative of what a depressed person experiences.

2. After Primo Levi's suicide, what causes Styron to question the common view that those who commit suicide are weak and inept?
(a) Levi was such a good writer.
(b) Levi had survived the Auschwitz and cared for his paralyzed mother.
(c) Levi worked out all the time and was very strong.
(d) Levi was involved in so many good causes.

3. What bothers Styron about his meeting with Gary's estranged wife?
(a) Their son was caught between their differences.
(b) That he didn't understand her deep depression and what it meant.
(c) Gary's wife wasn't very involved with her son.
(d) That Gary was letting his estranged wife live with him.

4. What does Styron say the award he received should have done for him?
(a) Make him famous.
(b) Pay all his bills.
(c) Make him new friends.
(d) Restore his ego.

5. What causes Styron to lose his voice in Paris?
(a) Severe depression and resulting lethargy.
(b) Damp weather.
(c) Screaming until he was hoarse.
(d) Bronchitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Levi when he committed his suicide?

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

3. Who is Styron's literary guide?

4. Though Styron admits all professions are susceptible to depression, which profession is the most susceptible?

5. What did Styron do for Hoffman regarding a political demonstration led by Hoffman?

(see the answer key)

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