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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Styron call the DSM?
(a) The psychiatrist's bible.
(b) A guide to treatment.
(c) Very inaccurate guide.
(d) A good manual.

2. What bothers Styron so much about not being able to meet Camus?
(a) Because it meant he barely missed getting to meet the man whose writing he so admired.
(b) It meant there was another suicide in his circle of friends.
(c) It meant he had to go to his luncheon with Lady del Duco.
(d) It meant Camus couldn't hear about winning the award.

3. Styron agrees with what literary guide's belief?
(a) Depression always leads to suicide.
(b) All men suffer from deep depression.
(c) Man's alienation from other men.
(d) Depression never causes suicide.

4. Who arranges a meeting between Albert Camus and Styron?
(a) Rose Styron.
(b) William Styron.
(c) Cino del Duco
(d) Romain Gary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two people does Styron think of while leaving Paris?

2. What does Gary reveal to Styron about the effect the death of his ex-wife had on him?

3. What does Styron believe about a depressed colleague's decision to ride with a reckless driver?

4. What Camus novel has a profound impact on Styron?

5. What puzzles Styron about Camus's book, "The Fall"?

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