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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. What is the old term for depression?
(a) Manic depressive.
(b) Melancholia.
(c) Mental deficit.
(d) Mania.

2. What new approach does Styron's psychiatrist use?
(a) Disattachment therapy.
(b) DSM recommendations.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Pharmacological, without physical and mental support.

3. For Styron, what do the black whirling stars of Van Gogh represent?
(a) The everlasting nature of man's soul.
(b) The darkness of depression.
(c) Precursors of his plunge into dementia and self-annihilation.
(d) The beauty of the night sky.

4. Which writer does Styron quote as saying he had "lost the right path"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Camus.
(c) Gary.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. What piece of music moves Styron to his breakthrough and hospitalization?
(a) Halleluah Chorus.
(b) Beethoven's Fifth.
(c) Brahms's Alto Rhapsody.
(d) Chopin's Funeral March.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it hard for Styron to recognize depression in his friend, Gary?

2. What drugs does Styron's doctor give him that are NOT recommended for people with depression?

3. What hope does Styron say a depressed person can have?

4. To what does Styron compare medical treatment for depression?

5. What does Styron's psychiatrist recommend to him about the hospital?

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