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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Artist and His Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the condemned man's last words?
(a) 'Such is life.'
(b) 'It is a far, far better rest that I go to.'
(c) 'I am innocent!'
(d) 'Like a dog.'

2. What is Camus' attitude to genius?
(a) It excuses nothing.
(b) It must be nurtured.
(c) It excuses everything.
(d) It is anti-democratic.

3. In which month has the writer returned to Algiers?
(a) November.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) August.

4. How might the mood of the first three paragraphs of Return to Tipasa be described?
(a) Excited.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus, what have 'the smell of the office clinging to them'?

2. When did Sisyphus test his wife's love?

3. What factors ought to underpin discussion of the meaning of life?

4. What was Sisyphus' attitude to the gods?

5. What is the origin of the nickname 'Clarques'?

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