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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer in Algiers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment has Camus to make about Malraux?
(a) His thought is bracing.
(b) His thought is inspirational and pure.
(c) His thought is confusingly expressed.
(d) He is an unappreciated genius.

2. Why are European cemeteries hideous?
(a) People beautify what they love, not what they hate--and they hate death.
(b) They are badly planned.
(c) They are not maintained properly.
(d) Only poor art-work and sculpture is used.

3. What comment does Camus make about Greek tragedy?
(a) It is too culturally specific to be useful.
(b) It is rich in lessons.
(c) It is over-estimated.
(d) It is obscure, hard to comprehend.

4. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
(a) In terms of the absurd.
(b) By playing him.
(c) By thorough analysis of the text.
(d) Through an understanding of Venetian military structure.

5. Of what do the freighters from Norway smell?
(a) Wood.
(b) Wine.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sisyphus' attitude to the gods?

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

3. In The Castle, what is significant about the character Amalia?

4. What has Camus to say about 'great revolutions'?

5. According to Camus, what is important about the idea that actions have consequences?

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