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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?
(a) 'What does not destroy me makes me stronger.'
(b) 'We have art in order not to die of the truth.'
(c) 'Midway in life's journey we need to enter a dark wood.'
(d) 'Scattered thoughts can be both orderly and disorderly.'

2. What are the condemned man's last words?
(a) 'Such is life.'
(b) 'I am innocent!'
(c) 'It is a far, far better rest that I go to.'
(d) 'Like a dog.'

3. What do all struggles need?
(a) Protagonists.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) To come to a conclusion.
(d) The brake of values.

4. What common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?
(a) Rejection of paradise.
(b) Nostalgia for childhood.
(c) Nostalgia for a lost paradise.
(d) Pity for suffering.

5. Which art and science have close affinity?
(a) Painting and geometry.
(b) Music and kinesthetics.
(c) Fiction and physics.
(d) Music and mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With God dead, what remains?

2. What comment does Camus make about Greek tragedy?

3. According to Camus, what is the most obvious symbol in The Trial?

4. What 'two worlds' does Kafka present in his novels?

5. For whose victory must we hope?

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