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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?
(a) Michael K.
(b) K. M. Joseph.
(c) Oscar W.
(d) Joseph K.

2. With what did Socrates' life end.
(a) A true confession.
(b) A confession of faith.
(c) A confessional poem.
(d) A confession of ignorance.

3. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?
(a) Joseph K.
(b) Samsa.
(c) Michael K.
(d) Samson.

4. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?
(a) Its phantoms.
(b) Its incoherence.
(c) Its supernovae.
(d) Its absurdity.

5. According to Camus, what is tiresome about the human attitude to fate?
(a) It is unrealistic.
(b) It hasn't changed in a thousand years.
(c) It tends to make us inactive.
(d) We take credit for happiness, but blame fate for what crushes us.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which novel deals with a soul in quest of grace?

2. Of what do the freighters from Norway smell?

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

4. What has Camus to say about 'great revolutions'?

5. With God dead, what remains?

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