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Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Camus see Sisyphus vis-a-vis his fate?
(a) Sisyphus is a victim of playful gods.
(b) Sisyphus is superior to his fate.
(c) Sisyphus is crushed by his fate.
(d) Sisyphus is crushed by the rock.

2. What does the word 'limpid' mean?
(a) Clear or transparent.
(b) Limp and floppy.
(c) A shade of pink.
(d) Ambient.

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

4. What attitude can overcome all fate?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Indolence.
(c) Scorn.
(d) Diigence.

5. What comment does Camus make concerning suffering?
(a) It is ennobling.
(b) It must be endured.
(c) It should be avoided.
(d) It is useless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phenomenon has seemed continuous since Camus' last departure from Algiers?

2. How does Kafka express the absurd?

3. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?

4. Camus mentions the parliament of birds in which literary source?

5. What are the condemned man's last words?

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