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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 be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?
(a) Vetinarary fees.
(b) Happy return.
(c) Productive thought.
(d) Lively imagination.

2. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?
(a) True empathy.
(b) Death.
(c) Karma.
(d) Mind.

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

4. What is the prime interest of everyday man?
(a) The world and what he can get out of it.
(b) Himself and his potentialities.
(c) The Darwinian drive to procreate the species.
(d) Study and personal growth.

5. What is important about an actor's fame?
(a) Its fleeting nature.
(b) The problem of paparazzi.
(c) Its illusory nature.
(d) Ultimately it brings displeasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?

2. What assertions are always false?

3. What is ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?

4. What important factor limits human freedom?

5. What would make man feel alienated in the universe?

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