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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 tendency to reject expressionism.
(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 total commitment to success.

2. Who calls out 'Want a ride, sister?' to pretty girls?
(a) Undertakers.
(b) Perverts.
(c) Taxi drivers.
(d) Bus drivers.

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

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

5. How are myths given life?
(a) Through human imagination.
(b) Through their coming true.
(c) Through cinema and stage representation.
(d) Through representations on Grecian urns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What building stands above the harbor?

2. What kind of thought is involved in the absurd?

3. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?

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

5. What common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?

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