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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 is ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?
(a) He thought the name would make him a great travel writer, but he failed.
(b) The writer suicided in despair and his relatives benefited hugely from the royalties.
(c) He tried to commit suicide by drowning in the Seine, but could not sink.
(d) The writer suicided so his book would be noticed, but the book was no good.

2. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?
(a) Dialogue is poorly written and often inappropriate to character.
(b) There is too much emphasis on structure.
(c) Thought becomes more important than style.
(d) There is substantial over-writing, especially with descriptive passages.

3. What is a consequence of love?
(a) It is impossible to assess because every relationship is different.
(b) The stronger the love, the stronger the absurdity.
(c) Marriage and children.
(d) The stronger the love, the less absurd it is.

4. What binds a man to the absurd?
(a) His sentient nature regarding death.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His consciousness of it.

5. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?
(a) The sacrifice of the intellect.
(b) The sacrifice of hope.
(c) The sacrifice of humility?
(d) The sacrifice of celibacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument does Camus dismiss as 'a matter of profound indifference'?

2. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

3. What factors ought to underpin discussion of the meaning of life?

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

5. How does Camus classify regret?

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