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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 is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?
(a) The existence of God.
(b) The validity of the Russian church.
(c) Sibling rivalry in the Russian middle class.
(d) Conflict over the emancipation of the Russian serfs.

2. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?
(a) The ability to savor good food.
(b) Gentle behavior.
(c) A good person.
(d) Knowing what to do, or having tact.

3. In what way are people's minds related?
(a) Through common beliefs and visions.
(b) Through common contradictions.
(c) Through the collective unconscious.
(d) Through common purpose.

4. What 'two worlds' does Kafka present in his novels?
(a) The absurd and the prosaic.
(b) Anxiety and the absurd.
(c) Everyday life and transcendent ecstasy.
(d) Everyday life and supernatural anxiety.

5. According to Camus, what have 'the smell of the office clinging to them'?
(a) Our obligations.
(b) Our overcoats.
(c) Our wretched tragedies.
(d) Our sordid little affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. With God dead, what remains?

2. To whom are the words 'Presumption, regression of progress' attributed?

3. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?

4. What comment has Camus to make about Malraux?

5. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

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