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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 is the hero's great fear following his transformation?
(a) His mother's tears.
(b) His boss' anger.
(c) His father's anger.
(d) That his girlfriend will find out.
2. Which art and science have close affinity?
(a) Fiction and physics.
(b) Painting and geometry.
(c) Music and kinesthetics.
(d) Music and mathematics.
3. What common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?
(a) Nostalgia for a lost paradise.
(b) Nostalgia for childhood.
(c) Rejection of paradise.
(d) Pity for suffering.
4. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?
(a) Michael K.
(b) Samsa.
(c) Joseph K.
(d) Samson.
5. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?
(a) Joseph K.
(b) Oscar W.
(c) Michael K.
(d) K. M. Joseph.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?
2. What important factor limits human freedom?
3. According to Camus, what makes the myth of Sisyphus tragic?
4. What does Oedipus' remark imply?
5. What is Camus' view concerning the idea that the artist can be detached from his work?
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