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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Myth of Sisyphus: Absurd Creation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would make man feel alienated in the universe?
(a) Falling out with relatives and friends.
(b) Realization that all work is futile.
(c) The recognition that the universe is infinite.
(d) The realization that the world that can no longer be explained comfortably.

2. What is astonishing about eternal values?
(a) The very fact that they exist without reference to God.
(b) That they exist at all.
(c) They transcend cultural factors.
(d) They survive wars and other conflicts.

3. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?
(a) Its phantoms.
(b) Its incoherence.
(c) Its absurdity.
(d) Its supernovae.

4. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
(a) In terms of the absurd.
(b) Through an understanding of Venetian military structure.
(c) By thorough analysis of the text.
(d) By playing him.

5. What is Camus' attitude to genius?
(a) It excuses everything.
(b) It is anti-democratic.
(c) It must be nurtured.
(d) It excuses nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is important about an actor's fame?

2. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?

3. What is the most harrowing passion of all?

4. What assertions are always false?

5. How does Camus classify regret?

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