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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Myth of Sisyphus: The Absurd Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What factors ought to underpin discussion of the meaning of life?
(a) Don Quixote and a sense of the absurd.
(b) Common sense and understanding.
(c) Common sense and perseverence.
(d) The rebel and his place in history.

3. What is Camus' attitude to genius?
(a) It is anti-democratic.
(b) It excuses nothing.
(c) It excuses everything.
(d) It must be nurtured.

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

5. What has been the focus of don Juan's existence?
(a) Avoiding conflict.
(b) Absurd escapades.
(c) Self-actualization.
(d) Short-lived joys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What binds a man to the absurd?

2. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?

3. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

4. What is a consequence of love?

5. What is ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?

(see the answer key)

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