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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. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?
(a) Madame Bovary.
(b) Madame La Guillotine.
(c) Madame Roland.
(d) Violetta Valery

2. What does Camus claim is different about his discussion of suicide?
(a) It is easier to read than most works of philosophy.
(b) His attitude to it is more sympathetic.
(c) He sees it as an individual matter, not purely a social one.
(d) His views have been formed after conducting many interviews.

3. How does Camus classify regret?
(a) As being akin to grief, therefore dangerous.
(b) As sin.
(c) As mere sentimentality.
(d) As another form of hope.

4. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?
(a) Knowing what to do, or having tact.
(b) The ability to savor good food.
(c) A good person.
(d) Gentle behavior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prime interest of everyday man?

2. Once, how were the condemned spared the sight of the scaffold?

3. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?

4. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

5. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?

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