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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Myth of Sisyphus: Appendix: Hope and the Absurd in the Work of Franz Kafka.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?
(a) Dialogue is poorly written and often inappropriate to character.
(b) There is substantial over-writing, especially with descriptive passages.
(c) There is too much emphasis on structure.
(d) Thought becomes more important than style.

2. In The Castle, what is significant about the character Amalia?
(a) She is a dwarf.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is the only character without hope.
(d) She is meant to be a representation of Helen of Troy.

3. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?
(a) Michael K.
(b) Samson.
(c) Joseph K.
(d) Samsa.

4. What is the prime interest of everyday man?
(a) Himself and his potentialities.
(b) Study and personal growth.
(c) The Darwinian drive to procreate the species.
(d) The world and what he can get out of it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument does Camus dismiss as 'a matter of profound indifference'?

2. What would make man feel alienated in the universe?

3. What does Oedipus' remark imply?

4. How does Kafka express the absurd?

5. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?

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