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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?
(a) Kierkegaard.
(b) Russell.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Camus.

2. What is the contrast between the historical and artistic spirits, according to Camus?
(a) History is a necessary record of the past, while art is a mere bagatelle.
(b) History aims to educate, art to expand consciousness.
(c) History can be manipulated, but art never can.
(d) History's aim is tyranny, while the artist's aim is freedom.

3. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?
(a) There is substantial over-writing, especially with descriptive passages.
(b) There is too much emphasis on structure.
(c) Thought becomes more important than style.
(d) Dialogue is poorly written and often inappropriate to character.

4. With God dead, what remains?
(a) An erratic universe.
(b) Power.
(c) Chaos and warfare.
(d) History and power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What factors ought to underpin discussion of the meaning of life?

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

3. What makes Algiers different from cities like Paris, Prague and Florence?

4. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?

5. What symbol does Camus associate with oppression?

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