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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. Once, how were the condemned spared the sight of the scaffold?
(a) The execution chamber was never lit.
(b) The condemned person was blindfolded.
(c) Priests held a little painted screens in front of the condemned person's face.
(d) The condemned person walked backwards, with two priests assisting.

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

3. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?
(a) Madame La Guillotine.
(b) Violetta Valery
(c) Madame Bovary.
(d) Madame Roland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus, what is important about the idea that actions have consequences?

2. What assertions are always false?

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

4. What is a consequence of love?

5. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

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