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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Myth of Sisyphus: Absurd Creation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?
(a) They use imagery rather than argument to convey their ideas.
(b) They use characters as mouthpieces for their philosophy.
(c) They often construct their novels as conversations.
(d) They write with heavy didacticism.

2. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?
(a) Only to gain favors.
(b) Only to obtain the impossible.
(c) Because we are afraid.
(d) To have the feling that 'underneath are the everlasting arms'.

3. What assertions are always false?
(a) That being is false and nothingness is inevitable.
(b) That everything is invisible and nothing is true.
(c) That humans are wise and invincible.
(d) That everything is true and that everything is false.

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

5. What does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?
(a) Murder.
(b) Conception.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Struggle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important factor limits human freedom?

2. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

3. What is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?

4. What comment does Camus make concerning suffering?

5. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

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