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

2. What is the prime interest of everyday man?
(a) The world and what he can get out of it.
(b) Study and personal growth.
(c) The Darwinian drive to procreate the species.
(d) Himself and his potentialities.

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

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

5. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?
(a) The problem of human pain and suffering.
(b) Judging the value of religion.
(c) Judging whether or not life is worth living.
(d) Judging the value of actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Camus make concerning suffering?

2. What argument does Camus dismiss as 'a matter of profound indifference'?

3. How does Camus classify regret?

4. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?

5. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?

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