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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sections 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the ancients referenced in Part 2, what counterbalances negation?
(a) Affirmation.
(b) Strength.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

2. In Part 2, Camus explains Nietzsche recognized himself as the "most acute manifestation" of what?
(a) Nihilism's conscience.
(b) Rebellion's reasoning.
(c) Christianity's values.
(d) Atheism's beliefs.

3. According to Camus in Part 2, when man submits God to what does he kill Him in his "own heart"?
(a) Metaphysical rebellion.
(b) Satan.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Moral judgment.

4. According to Camus in Part 2, what is only useful for "adventures of the imagination"?
(a) Nihilism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Rebellion.

5. According to the introduction, what is the only creature that refuses to be what it is?
(a) Horses.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Man.
(d) Fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concept does Nietzsche encounter?

2. In Part 2's introduction, the most elementary form of rebellion expresses an aspiration to what?

3. In Part 2, Camus states that the great problem of modern times is the discovery that rescuing man from destiny delivers him to what?

4. In Part 2, the maximum of enjoyment coincides with the maximum of what?

5. Who, according to Camus in Part 2, committed the first act of rebellion?

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