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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer in Algiers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who liberated Death?
(a) The god of war.
(b) The messenger of the gods.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Eurydice.

2. What important factor limits human freedom?
(a) His absurd nature.
(b) Physical movement.
(c) Frailty.
(d) Time.

3. What building stands above the harbor?
(a) The Kasbah.
(b) The mosque.
(c) A huge block of flats.
(d) An immense library.

4. What were the consequences of Sisyphus putting Death in chains?
(a) Pluto took Medea hostage.
(b) People partied continuously because Death never visited them.
(c) Death took a terrible revenge.
(d) Pluto's empire became deserted and silent.

5. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?
(a) Both have total commitment to success.
(b) Both have a desire to influence the minds of others.
(c) Both thinker and artist have commitment and become themselves in their work.
(d) Both have a tendency to reject expressionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

2. What does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?

3. Of what figurative device is: 'These are our nights of Gethsemane'?

4. According to Camus, what makes the myth of Sisyphus tragic?

5. Where can Moorish cafes be found?

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