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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Castle, what is significant about the character Amalia?
(a) She is the only character without hope.
(b) She is a dwarf.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is meant to be a representation of Helen of Troy.

2. With God dead, what remains?
(a) An erratic universe.
(b) Chaos and warfare.
(c) Power.
(d) History and power.

3. Where is history now to be found?
(a) In books.
(b) In archival collections held by governments.
(c) In the streets.
(d) In libraries.

4. What should be the response to subterfuge?
(a) We should be suspicious of it.
(b) We should turn to it in hope.
(c) We should admire it for its inventiveness.
(d) We should turn away from it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are 'the handmaids of justice'?

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

3. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?

4. What status as a philosopher does Camus accord Plato?

5. Identify the literary device Camus uses in: 'Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives'.

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