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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What reaction does Styron have to group therapy?
2. What does he think about art therapy?
3. What does Styron say about people who survive a depressive episode?
4. In addition to anxiety, what other characteristic of depression becomes manifest?
5. What happens to persons in physical pain that is not experienced with mental pain?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Critics have indicated that Styron left much of his personal journey out of the book. As a memoir of madness, we might expect, and deserve, to read more of Styron's journey through madness. Yet, he didn't include it. Why might this be? Would the book have been better or worse if more detail of the struggle had been included? Do you think leaving out the information was by plan or by accident? Why?
Essay Topic 2
The difference between an autobiography and a memoir is that the memoir is about a specific topic or time span in the author's life. An autobiography is similar, but usually takes a more global look at the writer's life, including background information that leads up to the point in time of the events being examined. Discuss how Darkness Visible is a memoir, but has some characteristics of autobiography. Defend your idea of whether the work is a memoir or more of an autobiography. Use examples from the book to prove your position.
Essay Topic 3
Styron suggests that brainstorm would be a better name for the physical ramifications of depression, but brainstorm means the opposite of what he meant it to be. What does brainstorm mean, as used normally, and what is it as Styron meant it? Compare and contrast the two meanings.
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