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

2. With what did Socrates' life end.
(a) A confessional poem.
(b) A confession of faith.
(c) A true confession.
(d) A confession of ignorance.

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

4. Why is it necessary to read a Kafka work twice?
(a) His prose is very dense.
(b) In order to savor the beauty of his writing.
(c) There is a double possibility of interpretation.
(d) There are complex relationships and a host of characters.

5. How is Oedipus' fate announced?
(a) Superbly.
(b) As a result of gossip.
(c) By means of a letter device.
(d) Supernaturally.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus, what is tiresome about the human attitude to fate?

2. Which culture/philosophy does Camus dismiss as 'the child of disproportion'?

3. What should be the response to subterfuge?

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

5. Commonly, what concerns Dostoevsky's heroes?

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