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. How did Levi's friends and admirers react to his suicide?
(a) They tried to ignore him and his work after that.
(b) They were mystified and believed him to be weak.
(c) They were devastated and grieved over it.
(d) They didn't believe it.

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

3. How does Camus's essay about a prisoner on death row impact Styron's writing?
(a) It causes him to want to write much better than he felt Camus did.
(b) It causes him to stop writing for a while.
(c) It leads to his using a narrator on death row to tell the story in "Confessions of Nat Turner."
(d) It gives him some ideas about stories he wants to write.

4. What did Styron do for Hoffman regarding a political demonstration led by Hoffman?
(a) Testified for him at a trial in Chicago.
(b) He never really met Hoffman, so didn't do anything for him.
(c) Referred him to a psychiatrist in New York.
(d) Introduced him to Lady del Duco in hopes of winning the award in the future.

5. What happens before Styron meets with Camus?
(a) Camus gets upset at Styron for his moods.
(b) Camus leaves on his honeymoon.
(c) Camus dies in a car accident.
(d) Camus leaves Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings about Styron's flashback at the beginning of the story?

2. At what point in one's life does Styron say the seeds of depression are planted?

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

4. In Chapter 3, what event causes Styron to more fully explore the relationship between depression and suicide?

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

(see the answer key)

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