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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Helen's Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what did Socrates' life end.
(a) A confession of faith.
(b) A confession of ignorance.
(c) A confessional poem.
(d) A true confession.

2. What 'two worlds' does Kafka present in his novels?
(a) Everyday life and transcendent ecstasy.
(b) Everyday life and supernatural anxiety.
(c) Anxiety and the absurd.
(d) The absurd and the prosaic.

3. What does Camus say is foreign to us today?
(a) A sense of fair play.
(b) Compassion.
(c) The simple nobility of Ulysses.
(d) The guiles and temptations of Calypso.

4. With God dead, what remains?
(a) Chaos and warfare.
(b) Power.
(c) An erratic universe.
(d) History and power.

5. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?
(a) The temptation to be absurdy sentimental.
(b) The temptation to explain.
(c) The temptation to commit suicide.
(d) The temptation to love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?

2. What significant thing concerning Socrates does Camus refer to?

3. What is the hero's great fear following his transformation?

4. According to Camus, what is tiresome about the human attitude to fate?

5. In what way are people's minds related?

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