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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 a man define himself?
(a) By his politics and personal goals.
(b) By his taste in music and literature.
(c) By his possessions.
(d) By his make-believe as well as his sincere impulses.

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

3. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?
(a) Mendacity.
(b) Faith.
(c) Hope.
(d) Despair.

4. Why are European cemeteries hideous?
(a) They are not maintained properly.
(b) Only poor art-work and sculpture is used.
(c) They are badly planned.
(d) People beautify what they love, not what they hate--and they hate death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What important factor limits human freedom?

3. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?

4. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?

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

(see the answer key)

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