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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which groups of people exchange positions rapidly in this changed world?
(a) Judges, accused and witnesses.
(b) Jailers, judges and politicians.
(c) Judges, doctors and teachers.
(d) Jailers, witnesses and politicians.

2. What word does Camus think is meaningless in Algeria?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Faith.
(c) Death.
(d) Loyalty.

3. According to Camus, what is the great misfortune from which we all suffer?
(a) The misfortune of injustice.
(b) The misfortune of hate.
(c) The misfortune of war.
(d) The misfortune of not loving.

4. What comment does Camus make about the word 'sin'?
(a) That it is a word used to make people fearful, thus easy to control.
(b) That he has never really understood it.
(c) It is something we all should be more aware of.
(d) That it refers to an illusion.

5. For whose victory must we hope?
(a) The gods'.
(b) The artists'.
(c) The politicians'.
(d) The proleteriats'.

6. What does Camus believe is a necessity?
(a) Rule by a meritocracy.
(b) A covenant binding all to a common law.
(c) Rule and order.
(d) Anarchy.

7. How does Camus classify Oran?
(a) As a desert.
(b) As a center of culture.
(c) As an oasis.
(d) As a center of industry.

8. What is the only thing glorified by European thought?
(a) The art of war.
(b) The rule of monarchy.
(c) The future rule of reason.
(d) The beauty of the human form.

9. What paradox did Descartes notice in Amsterdam?
(a) That a tax on windows meant doors were narrow.
(b) That one could feel freedom and tranquility amongst a crowd.
(c) That one could feel safe in the red-light district of the city.
(d) That there were streets as well as canals for traffic.

10. Traditionally, what has the left (of politics) been concerned to fight, according to Camus?
(a) Injustice, obscurantism and oppression.
(b) Government interference, trade unions and religious fundamentalists.
(c) Freedom of the press, injustice and political change.
(d) Freedom of speech and worship.

11. What had the writer hoped to gain when he first visited Tipasa?
(a) The clarification of childhood memories.
(b) Experience as a tour guide.
(c) Some Phoenecian artifacts that might make him rich.
(d) The recapturing of his sense of freedom.

12. What is different about Tipasa now?
(a) It has been restored.
(b) It has been fenced in.
(c) It has been settled by homeless people.
(d) It is surrounded by barbed wire.

13. What does Camus claim are the two essential pleasures of local youth?
(a) Binge drinking and snappy dressing.
(b) Having their shoes shined, then displaying these on the boulevard.
(c) Going to the movies with shiny shoes.
(d) Getting their shoes shined and attracting girls.

14. How does Camus evaluate the role of the artist??
(a) As somewhat redundant.
(b) As one who is a conduit for popular culture.
(c) As necessary more now than ever before.
(d) As having an important place in the continuing dialog.

15. Of what does the color of the ruined city's columns remind the writer?
(a) Bread.
(b) Quartz.
(c) Roses.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is history now to be found?

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

3. To what type of person is Camus drawn as an artist?

4. What is the alternative title for The Minotaur?

5. Of what does Camus accuse the Marxists?

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