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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where can Moorish cafes be found?
(a) On the waterfront.
(b) Under the clock tower.
(c) Behind the mosque.
(d) In the Kasbah.

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

4. What has Camus to say about Kirilov's reasoning?
(a) It is ridiculous, but must be considered.
(b) It should be the basis of further discussion.
(c) It is rational and therefore necessary.
(d) It is absurd, but it is necessary.

5. How does Kafka express the absurd?
(a) Through farce that is close to sentimentality.
(b) Through the logical.
(c) Through representations of everyday life.
(d) Through tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

3. What were the consequences of Sisyphus putting Death in chains?

4. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?

5. Of what do the freighters from Norway smell?

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