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

2. What is Camus' view concerning the idea that the artist can be detached from his work?
(a) He believes this idea is outmoded and false.
(b) He believes this is essential in being able to form and utter critique.
(c) He believes the idea warrants closer examination.
(d) He supports the idea.

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

4. What common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?
(a) Nostalgia for a lost paradise.
(b) Pity for suffering.
(c) Nostalgia for childhood.
(d) Rejection of paradise.

5. What do all struggles need?
(a) Protagonists.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) To come to a conclusion.
(d) The brake of values.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom are the words 'Presumption, regression of progress' attributed?

3. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?

4. What comment does Camus make about Greek tragedy?

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

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