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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are late afternoons so distressing to Styron?
(a) He gets sleepy and couldn't work.
(b) He has to go to his doctor every afternoon.
(c) He suffers from panic and anxiety.
(d) He takes naps and had nightmares during the nap.

2. How did Lincoln attempt to vanquish death due to his own hand?
(a) By taking medicines prescribed to him.
(b) By being the best family man he could.
(c) By declaring war.
(d) Through his work that was valued by posterity.

3. What two feelings does Styron experience as he planned his suicide?
(a) Terror and fascination.
(b) Despondency and fear.
(c) Love for his wife and hopelessness for himself.
(d) Hopelessness and despair.

4. What does Styron say is absent in depression that causes it to be so difficult to endure?
(a) Good hospitals.
(b) Medicine to treat it.
(c) Doctors who know what to do.
(d) The hope of deliverance is absent and makes it almost impossible to endure.

5. What term does Styron give to the loss of a parent or something early in life?
(a) Insurmountable loss.
(b) Lifelong loss.
(c) Incomplete mourning.
(d) Dark depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Styron's avoidance of death due to?

2. What is the third stage of psychological development in depression?

3. Which novel character does Styron compare himself with?

4. What does this music make him realize?

5. What is a probable reason that Styron's doctor or family don't suggest hospitalization for him?

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