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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Styron say would cause many depression-related suicides?
(a) Lack of moral strength by the depressed person.
(b) Lack of medicines to treat depression.
(c) Lack of awareness by others about the intensity of the pain.
(d) Lack of psychiatric treatment protocols.

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

4. What does Styron do about his physical disabilities?
(a) He undergoes several thousands of dollars of testing to find out he was physically fine.
(b) Gets scared he was going to die.
(c) Welcomes the possibility that he might die from one of them.
(d) Stops work and stays at home.

5. According to Styron, who wrote about depression and seemed to really understand it?
(a) Camus.
(b) Gary.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) Dante.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Styron say depression is like?

3. What does Styron say about not returning to France?

4. Who does Styron compare his psychiatrist to?

5. What does the suicide of another of Styron's friends lead him to believe?

(see the answer key)

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