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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Helen's Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From examining the text, what do we learn about Salamis?
(a) That it was a lost text.
(b) That is was a sea battle.
(c) That barbarians lived there.
(d) That it was a city overrun by barbarians.

2. How does Kafka express the absurd?
(a) Through the logical.
(b) Through tragedy.
(c) Through farce that is close to sentimentality.
(d) Through representations of everyday life.

3. What common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?
(a) Nostalgia for childhood.
(b) Pity for suffering.
(c) Rejection of paradise.
(d) Nostalgia for a lost paradise.

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

5. In what way is the Ancient Greek idea of justice different from the modern European?
(a) The Greeks believed in divine inspiration to set limits; Europeans rely on committees.
(b) The Greeks were concerned with limitation, but for modern Europeans justice is seen as something total.
(c) For the Ancient Greeks, punishment could be meted out by the gods; Europeans use the courts of law.
(d) The Ancient Greeks used ostracism; Europeans use execution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What embodies 'a drama of the intelligence', according to Camus?

2. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?

3. For whose victory must we hope?

4. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?

5. What is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?

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