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

2. To which school of thought does Husserl belong?
(a) Geomorphology.
(b) Teleology.
(c) Phenomenology.
(d) Rationalism.

3. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?
(a) Only to obtain the impossible.
(b) To have the feling that 'underneath are the everlasting arms'.
(c) Because we are afraid.
(d) Only to gain favors.

4. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?
(a) The sacrifice of the intellect.
(b) The sacrifice of hope.
(c) The sacrifice of celibacy.
(d) The sacrifice of humility?

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

3. What assertions are always false?

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

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

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