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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Styron's literary guide?
(a) Abbie Hoffman.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) Romain Gary.
(d) Cino del Duca.

2. What events led to Abraham Lincoln suffering depression and even attempting suicide?
(a) His wife's infidelity.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The death of his mother when he was 9 and his sister 10 years later.
(d) Slavery in the South.

3. What reaction does Styron have to group therapy?
(a) It is the major source of his healing.
(b) He doesn't participate.
(c) He has no reaction to it, and just endures it.
(d) It makes him seeth but gives him a way to pass the time.

4. What famous poet does Styron name as an example of excellent works by a depressed person?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Emily Bronte.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

5. Who is the doctor from Johns Hopkins who gave the name depression to the disease?
(a) An unnamed psychiatrist.
(b) Dr. Adkins.
(c) Dr. Adolf Meier.
(d) Dr. Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Styron have to stay in the hospital?

2. How does Styron's body feel in the beginning of his depression?

3. What effect does the failure of medicines to act quickly have on the depressed person?

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

5. In the depth of his depression in Paris, what does Styron realize he would have to decide?

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