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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. How does Camus classify regret?
(a) As mere sentimentality.
(b) As sin.
(c) As another form of hope.
(d) As being akin to grief, therefore dangerous.

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

3. What is the most harrowing passion of all?
(a) The recognition of absurdity.
(b) The recognition that death is inevitable.
(c) The experience of unrequited love.
(d) The facing of mortality.

4. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?
(a) The sacrifice of celibacy.
(b) The sacrifice of the intellect.
(c) The sacrifice of hope.
(d) The sacrifice of humility?

5. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?
(a) As dangerous counterfeit.
(b) As the ability to simulate absolutely.
(c) As the ability to represent faithfully.
(d) As an absurd illusion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?

3. What would make man feel alienated in the universe?

4. What is the prime interest of everyday man?

5. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?

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