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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Commonly, what concerns Dostoevsky's heroes?
(a) The morality of suicide.
(b) Whether or not evil people should be permitted to live.
(c) Whether or not love and loyalty can endure.
(d) The meaning of life.

2. For whose victory must we hope?
(a) The gods'.
(b) The proleteriats'.
(c) The artists'.
(d) The politicians'.

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

4. 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 Ancient Greeks used ostracism; Europeans use execution.
(c) The Greeks were concerned with limitation, but for modern Europeans justice is seen as something total.
(d) For the Ancient Greeks, punishment could be meted out by the gods; Europeans use the courts of law.

5. What is the contrast between the historical and artistic spirits, according to Camus?
(a) History can be manipulated, but art never can.
(b) History aims to educate, art to expand consciousness.
(c) History is a necessary record of the past, while art is a mere bagatelle.
(d) History's aim is tyranny, while the artist's aim is freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?

2. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?

3. Who believed that 'to kill God is to become god oneself'?

4. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

5. What is the hero's great fear following his transformation?

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