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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 the most harrowing passion of all?
(a) The experience of unrequited love.
(b) The recognition that death is inevitable.
(c) The facing of mortality.
(d) The recognition of absurdity.

2. What argument does Camus dismiss as 'a matter of profound indifference'?
(a) The ontological argument.
(b) Whether or not the earth revolves around the sun.
(c) The absurd dilemma.
(d) Whether or not the Bible is literally true.

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

4. What is a characteristic of wisdom?
(a) Living with faith and integrity and reserving judgement.
(b) Living on what one has, not speculating about what one does not have.
(c) Knowing when to take things on trust, as well as when not to.
(d) Being able to supply a rationale for any action.

5. According to Camus, what is important about the idea that actions have consequences?
(a) It is a basic principle of child rearing.
(b) It is a basic principle in what is known as 'brain-washing'.
(c) It is the principle behind all systems of morality.
(d) It is the basis of the legal system in Muslim countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?

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

3. Commonly, what concerns Dostoevsky's heroes?

4. What embodies 'a drama of the intelligence', according to Camus?

5. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?

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