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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gary reveal to Styron about the effect the death of his ex-wife had on him?
(a) He began to suffer greatly from deep depression.
(b) He was afraid he would be suspected in her death.
(c) He finally felt free again.
(d) He was afraid she had committed suicide.

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

3. After Primo Levi's suicide, what causes Styron to question the common view that those who commit suicide are weak and inept?
(a) Levi worked out all the time and was very strong.
(b) Levi was such a good writer.
(c) Levi had survived the Auschwitz and cared for his paralyzed mother.
(d) Levi was involved in so many good causes.

4. What reaction does Styron have to a flock of Canadian geese?
(a) He tries to shoot them.
(b) They temporarily restore his good feelings.
(c) He is frozen in anxiety at the sight of them.
(d) He thinks they are graceful.

5. How old was Styron when he published his first novel?
(a) 40.
(b) Mid-20's.
(c) 15.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Styron think of these two people, who were close literary friends?

2. What is Styron not able to recover?

3. Where did Styron meet Hoffman?

4. What does Styron think after his flashback?

5. How did Levi's friends and admirers react to his suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Styron discover about himself in Paris, during one of his more lucid moments?

2. What statistics did Styron give about depression and suicide?

3. What did Styron have to say about hospitalization for depressed people?

4. What happened to Styron and his drinking habits and how did that affect him?

5. What happened to Styron's body as he succumbed to depression?

6. Styron describes what common factor among almost all depressed persons contemplating suicide?

7. Why was depression such a hard thing for Styron in 1985?

8. Discuss why Styron was so appreciative of receiving the del Duca award?

9. Why were the new medicines becoming available in the 1980's and Dr. Gold's approach to them indicative of how depression was viewed and treated during that time? Why was it not sufficient?

10. What did Styron say caused the incipient insomnia that depressed people often experienced?

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