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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who believed that 'to kill God is to become god oneself'?
(a) Both Kirkegaard and Camus.
(b) Both Kirilov and Onegin.
(c) Both Kirilov and Nietzsche.
(d) Karl Marx.

2. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?
(a) Samson.
(b) Michael K.
(c) Joseph K.
(d) Samsa.

3. What has Camus to say about 'great revolutions'?
(a) They are always metaphysical.
(b) They take us into a sure future.
(c) They never last.
(d) They are always metatextual.

4. Identify the literary device Camus uses in: 'Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives'.
(a) The device is a metaphor.
(b) The device is an example of transubstantiation.
(c) The device is personification.
(d) The device is an example of onomatopoeia.

5. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?
(a) Its absurdity.
(b) Its supernovae.
(c) Its phantoms.
(d) Its incoherence.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus, what have 'the smell of the office clinging to them'?

2. Why is it necessary to read a Kafka work twice?

3. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?

4. According to Camus, what is the most obvious symbol in The Trial?

5. Which novel deals with a soul in quest of grace?

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