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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 binds a man to the absurd?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) His consciousness of it.
(d) His sentient nature regarding death.

2. To which school of thought does Husserl belong?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Phenomenology.
(c) Teleology.
(d) Geomorphology.

3. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
(a) By playing him.
(b) In terms of the absurd.
(c) By thorough analysis of the text.
(d) Through an understanding of Venetian military structure.

4. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?
(a) Voltaire's mistress.
(b) A French philosopher.
(c) A French composer of operetta.
(d) A French actress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?

2. What comment does Camus make concerning suffering?

3. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?

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

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

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