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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. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?
(a) Violetta Valery
(b) Madame La Guillotine.
(c) Madame Bovary.
(d) Madame Roland.

2. 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 absurd dilemma.
(d) The ontological argument.

3. What is Camus' attitude to genius?
(a) It excuses everything.
(b) It excuses nothing.
(c) It must be nurtured.
(d) It is anti-democratic.

4. Who believed that 'to kill God is to become god oneself'?
(a) Both Kirilov and Onegin.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Both Kirilov and Nietzsche.
(d) Both Kirkegaard and Camus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way are people's minds related?

2. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?

3. What does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?

4. What is the prime interest of everyday man?

5. What important factor limits human freedom?

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