Darkness Visible Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Darkness Visible Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Styron, what often leads depressed people to commit suicide?
(a) Because they don't have a very strong will to live.
(b) Because they don't love their families like other people do.
(c) Because depression is so deep they can't see any other way out.
(d) Because of moral weakness and lack of character.

2. According to Styron, how many women have won the Prix Mondial Cino del Duca award?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) None.
(c) Only five.
(d) More women than men.

3. According to Styron, what do people closest to those who commit suicide often do?
(a) Denounce their loved one.
(b) Deny that the death was suicide.
(c) Begin suffering from depression and are in danger of suicide also.
(d) Grieve longer than for death from other reasons.

4. What do Styron's companions notice about him?
(a) He is disoriented.
(b) He is angry at his friends.
(c) That he appears not to feel well.
(d) He is very sleepy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Levi's suicide cause Styron to do?

2. Though the death of the poet, Randall Jarrell, was ruled accidental, why does Styron say it was probably suicide?

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

4. What reaction to the op-ed piece causes Styron to decide to write this memoir?

5. What does Styron call the DSM?

(see the answer key)

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