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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 does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?
(a) Struggle.
(b) Bliss.
(c) Murder.
(d) Conception.

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

3. What important factor limits human freedom?
(a) Physical movement.
(b) Time.
(c) Frailty.
(d) His absurd nature.

4. What is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?
(a) The validity of the Russian church.
(b) The existence of God.
(c) Conflict over the emancipation of the Russian serfs.
(d) Sibling rivalry in the Russian middle class.

5. What is astonishing about eternal values?
(a) That they exist at all.
(b) The very fact that they exist without reference to God.
(c) They transcend cultural factors.
(d) They survive wars and other conflicts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

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

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

4. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?

5. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?

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