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

2. In what way are people's minds related?
(a) Through common beliefs and visions.
(b) Through common purpose.
(c) Through the collective unconscious.
(d) Through common contradictions.

3. How is Oedipus' fate announced?
(a) Supernaturally.
(b) As a result of gossip.
(c) By means of a letter device.
(d) Superbly.

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

5. In The Castle, what is significant about the character Amalia?
(a) She is meant to be a representation of Helen of Troy.
(b) She is a dwarf.
(c) She is the only character without hope.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In summer, what happens to Algiers?

3. Which art and science have close affinity?

4. How does Kafka express the absurd?

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

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