1. What symptoms did Jarrell suffer from that caused Styron to believe in Jarrell's suicide?
(a) He wanted his wife to have money and his insurance would give it to her.
(b) He often mentioned life wasn't worth living.
(c) He had a terminal illness and was in pain.
(d) Black despondency, violent fluctuation of mood, and his deep depression.

2. What is unusual about Styron's visit to Paris?
(a) He doesn't visit anything but the museum.
(b) He refuses to go to a luncheon in his honor.
(c) He doesn't eat anything while he was there.
(d) The bathrooms have bidets in them.

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

4. What does Styron want us to understand about those who commit suicide?
(a) That they were always good writers.
(b) That they had no other way to escape.
(c) That they were weak and couldn't handle pain.
(d) That secrecy and shame are not the right reaction.

5. Though the death of the poet, Randall Jarrell, was ruled accidental, why does Styron say it was probably suicide?
(a) He wanted to discredit Jarrell because of a disagreement they had.
(b) He didn't want Jarrell's widow to receive the large insurance settlement.
(c) He wanted to gain support for his theory that depression led to suicide.
(d) Because of Jarrell's depression and the fact there was no reason for him to be on the road on which he was struck by a car.