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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. What would make man feel alienated in the universe?
(a) The realization that the world that can no longer be explained comfortably.
(b) Falling out with relatives and friends.
(c) Realization that all work is futile.
(d) The recognition that the universe is infinite.

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

3. What is astonishing about eternal values?
(a) The very fact that they exist without reference to God.
(b) They transcend cultural factors.
(c) That they exist at all.
(d) They survive wars and other conflicts.

4. Which philosopher claims that anxiety is at the source of everything?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) Heidegger.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Aristotle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?

2. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?

3. How does a man define himself?

4. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?

5. What assertions are always false?

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