Darkness Visible Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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Darkness Visible Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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

2. What philosophical question does Gary present as central to all philosophy; a question that confuses Styron until years later when he suffers his depression?
(a) Is life worth living?
(b) Why does life have hardships?
(c) Does man depend on other men?
(d) Are all suicides due to weak character?

3. In the depth of his depression in Paris, what does Styron realize he would have to decide?
(a) Whether to admit it to the press or not.
(b) Whether to tell his wife or not.
(c) The philosophical question of whether life is worth living or not.
(d) What doctor to see about it.

4. What does Styron think of these two people, who were close literary friends?
(a) He thinks they both had depression.
(b) He thinks they should have won the award.
(c) He doesn't think their writing was very good.
(d) He thinks they should move to America where they would be more recognized.

5. Why is it hard for Styron to recognize depression in his friend, Gary?
(a) Because Gary always had a melancholy typical of Europeans.
(b) Because he didn't know what depression looked like.
(c) Because Gary was so good at hiding his feelings.
(d) Because he rarely talked to Gary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gary confess to Styron about Camus's depression?

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

4. How old was Styron when he published his first novel?

5. What does Styron call the DSM?

(see the answer key)

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