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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 does Camus say is foreign to us today?
(a) The simple nobility of Ulysses.
(b) Compassion.
(c) A sense of fair play.
(d) The guiles and temptations of Calypso.

2. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?
(a) They write with heavy didacticism.
(b) They use imagery rather than argument to convey their ideas.
(c) They often construct their novels as conversations.
(d) They use characters as mouthpieces for their philosophy.

3. What is the main idea in the final paragraph of the essay 'The Myth of Sisyphus'?
(a) We can't be free unless the gods allow it.
(b) All we can do is struggle.
(c) No matter how hard we struggle, the gods will always win.
(d) The struggle for achievement is enough: it is its own reward.

4. What argument does Camus dismiss as 'a matter of profound indifference'?
(a) The ontological argument.
(b) Whether or not the Bible is literally true.
(c) The absurd dilemma.
(d) Whether or not the earth revolves around the sun.

5. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?
(a) The temptation to commit suicide.
(b) The temptation to be absurdy sentimental.
(c) The temptation to explain.
(d) The temptation to love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?

2. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?

3. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?

4. What does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?

5. What is a consequence of love?

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