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

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) 'We have art in order not to die of the truth.'
(b) 'Scattered thoughts can be both orderly and disorderly.'
(c) 'What does not destroy me makes me stronger.'
(d) 'Midway in life's journey we need to enter a dark wood.'

2. What happens at noon at the Place du Gouvernement?
(a) There is silence.
(b) People gather.
(c) A bell rings.
(d) The bus from Oran arrives.

3. 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 Trial presents a problem which The Castle partly solves.
(c) The novels have the same central character and each is based on a play by Shakespeare.
(d) Both novels have a hedonistic main character who denies theism.

4. Of what do the freighters from Norway smell?
(a) Wood.
(b) Wine.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Oil.

5. Which novel deals with a soul in quest of grace?
(a) Metamorphosis.
(b) The Trial.
(c) The Life and Times of Michael K.
(d) The Castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it necessary to read a Kafka work twice?

2. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?

3. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?

4. What should be the response to subterfuge?

5. According to Camus, what is the most obvious symbol in The Trial?

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