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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 phenomenon can humans have no experience of?
(a) Karma.
(b) True empathy.
(c) Death.
(d) Mind.

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

3. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?
(a) The temptation to commit suicide.
(b) The temptation to explain.
(c) The temptation to love.
(d) The temptation to be absurdy sentimental.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a consequence of love?

2. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

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

4. Commonly, what concerns Dostoevsky's heroes?

5. What is the prime interest of everyday man?

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