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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 is astonishing about eternal values?
(a) The very fact that they exist without reference to God.
(b) They transcend cultural factors.
(c) They survive wars and other conflicts.
(d) That they exist at all.

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

3. What is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?
(a) The validity of the Russian church.
(b) The existence of God.
(c) Conflict over the emancipation of the Russian serfs.
(d) Sibling rivalry in the Russian middle class.

4. What has been the focus of don Juan's existence?
(a) Self-actualization.
(b) Absurd escapades.
(c) Avoiding conflict.
(d) Short-lived joys.

5. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?
(a) Russell.
(b) Camus.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Kierkegaard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which art and science have close affinity?

2. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?

3. How does a man define himself?

4. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

5. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?

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