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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?
(a) Its supernovae.
(b) Its incoherence.
(c) Its absurdity.
(d) Its phantoms.

2. How does Camus classify regret?
(a) As mere sentimentality.
(b) As being akin to grief, therefore dangerous.
(c) As sin.
(d) As another form of hope.

3. What attitude can overcome all fate?
(a) Diigence.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Indolence.
(d) Scorn.

4. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?
(a) Happy return.
(b) Vetinarary fees.
(c) Productive thought.
(d) Lively imagination.

5. What is ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?
(a) The writer suicided so his book would be noticed, but the book was no good.
(b) The writer suicided in despair and his relatives benefited hugely from the royalties.
(c) He thought the name would make him a great travel writer, but he failed.
(d) He tried to commit suicide by drowning in the Seine, but could not sink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Identify the literary device Camus uses in: 'Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives'.

2. What does Camus claim is different about his discussion of suicide?

3. Of what figurative device is: 'These are our nights of Gethsemane'?

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

5. What were the consequences of Sisyphus putting Death in chains?

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