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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. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?
(a) Kierkegaard.
(b) Russell.
(c) Camus.
(d) Sartre.

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

3. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?
(a) Judging the value of religion.
(b) The problem of human pain and suffering.
(c) Judging whether or not life is worth living.
(d) Judging the value of actions.

4. What has Camus to say about Kirilov's reasoning?
(a) It is rational and therefore necessary.
(b) It should be the basis of further discussion.
(c) It is ridiculous, but must be considered.
(d) It is absurd, but it is necessary.

5. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?
(a) Mendacity.
(b) Faith.
(c) Hope.
(d) Despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prime interest of everyday man?

2. What binds a man to the absurd?

3. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

4. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?

5. Which art and science have close affinity?

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