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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 is meant by 'savoir-faire'?
(a) Gentle behavior.
(b) Knowing what to do, or having tact.
(c) The ability to savor good food.
(d) A good person.

2. Of what figurative device is: 'These are our nights of Gethsemane'?
(a) It is an illusion.
(b) It is a metaphor.
(c) It is an example of decorative prose.
(d) It is an example of idiomatic phrasing.

3. What embodies 'a drama of the intelligence', according to Camus?
(a) A work of art.
(b) A marvel of engineering.
(c) The plays of Shakespeare.
(d) The great scientific discoveries.

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

5. In what way is a modern worker similar to Sisyphus?
(a) The tasks they have to do are too hard for them.
(b) The worker spends every day at the same tasks.
(c) The worker is forbidden to innovate.
(d) The worker is a slave like Sisyphus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should be the response to subterfuge?

2. What does Homer have to say about Sisyphus?

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

4. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?

5. What is Camus' view concerning the idea that the artist can be detached from his work?

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