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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Styron dates the onset of his deep depression to what event?
(a) His wife's leaving him.
(b) His inability to drink alcohol.
(c) The death of several of his friends.
(d) His chilren all leaving home.

2. What term does Styron give to the loss of a parent or something early in life?
(a) Incomplete mourning.
(b) Lifelong loss.
(c) Dark depression.
(d) Insurmountable loss.

3. What is Styron's diary a symbol of?
(a) His path through depression.
(b) His writing goals.
(c) His self-esteem and self-worth.
(d) His hopelessness in the face of depression.

4. What quote from Baudelaire does Styron use to explain his feelings?
(a) "Madness is but a figment of the imagination."
(b) "I have felt the wind of the wing of madness."
(c) "Man's madness is his downfall."
(d) "Madness breeds madness."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Styron, what often leads depressed people to commit suicide?

3. Why does he throw his diary in the garbage instead of burning it?

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

5. What does Styron realize in Paris that helps him understand what is happening to him?

(see the answer key)

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