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

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

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

4. What is a consequence of love?
(a) The stronger the love, the less absurd it is.
(b) The stronger the love, the stronger the absurdity.
(c) Marriage and children.
(d) It is impossible to assess because every relationship is different.

5. What argument does Camus dismiss as 'a matter of profound indifference'?
(a) Whether or not the earth revolves around the sun.
(b) Whether or not the Bible is literally true.
(c) The ontological argument.
(d) The absurd dilemma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is astonishing about eternal values?

2. How does a man define himself?

3. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?

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

5. Once, how were the condemned spared the sight of the scaffold?

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