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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Minotaur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the gods view Sisyphus' punishment as particularly dreadful?
(a) It involved immense pain.
(b) It involved futile and hopeless labor.
(c) It was unfair relative to his crime.
(d) They saw their mistake but were unable to change things.

2. What building stands above the harbor?
(a) An immense library.
(b) The mosque.
(c) A huge block of flats.
(d) The Kasbah.

3. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?
(a) The sacrifice of hope.
(b) The sacrifice of humility?
(c) The sacrifice of celibacy.
(d) The sacrifice of the intellect.

4. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?
(a) A French philosopher.
(b) A French composer of operetta.
(c) Voltaire's mistress.
(d) A French actress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What binds a man to the absurd?

2. How does a man define himself?

3. What restores calm to the fight audience after the near-riot?

4. What is a characteristic of wisdom?

5. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?

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