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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 status as a philosopher does Camus accord Plato?
(a) Acceptable, though biased.
(b) Acceptable, focussing on reason.
(c) Primitive because he had not the benefit of our scientific knowledge.
(d) Superior, all-encompassing.

2. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?
(a) 'What does not destroy me makes me stronger.'
(b) 'Scattered thoughts can be both orderly and disorderly.'
(c) 'We have art in order not to die of the truth.'
(d) 'Midway in life's journey we need to enter a dark wood.'

3. What comment does Camus make about Greek thought?
(a) It took too little account of feelings.
(b) It never carried things to extremes.
(c) It could be our inspiration, if translated.
(d) It wasn't balanced.

4. According to Camus, what is an important relationship between The Trial and The Castle?
(a) The Trial shows us the end of life and The Castle shows us Heaven.
(b) The novels have the same central character and each is based on a play by Shakespeare.
(c) The Trial presents a problem which The Castle partly solves.
(d) Both novels have a hedonistic main character who denies theism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

2. Where is history now to be found?

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

4. From examining the text, what do we learn about Salamis?

5. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

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