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

2. What kind of thought is involved in the absurd?
(a) Rational.
(b) Contradictory.
(c) Lateral.
(d) Creative.

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

4. Why are European cemeteries hideous?
(a) Only poor art-work and sculpture is used.
(b) They are not maintained properly.
(c) People beautify what they love, not what they hate--and they hate death.
(d) They are badly planned.

5. What is Camus' view concerning the idea that the artist can be detached from his work?
(a) He believes this is essential in being able to form and utter critique.
(b) He believes the idea warrants closer examination.
(c) He believes this idea is outmoded and false.
(d) He supports the idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?

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

3. What is astonishing about eternal values?

4. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?

5. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

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