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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
(a) By playing him.
(b) In terms of the absurd.
(c) By thorough analysis of the text.
(d) Through an understanding of Venetian military structure.

2. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?
(a) As an absurd illusion.
(b) As dangerous counterfeit.
(c) As the ability to represent faithfully.
(d) As the ability to simulate absolutely.

3. What was Sisyphus' attitude to the gods?
(a) He worshipped them and wanted to be a god, too.
(b) He scorned them.
(c) He viewed them with horror and distrust.
(d) He was insanely jealous of them.

4. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?
(a) Michael K.
(b) Joseph K.
(c) Oscar W.
(d) K. M. Joseph.

5. 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.'

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus, what is important about the idea that actions have consequences?

2. What has Camus to say about 'great revolutions'?

3. Once, how were the condemned spared the sight of the scaffold?

4. What important factor limits human freedom?

5. What attitude can overcome all fate?

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