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

2. What has Camus to say about Kirilov's reasoning?
(a) It is rational and therefore necessary.
(b) It is ridiculous, but must be considered.
(c) It should be the basis of further discussion.
(d) It is absurd, but it is necessary.

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

4. Which art and science have close affinity?
(a) Painting and geometry.
(b) Music and mathematics.
(c) Fiction and physics.
(d) Music and kinesthetics.

5. According to Camus, what makes the myth of Sisyphus tragic?
(a) The hero is conscious of his situation.
(b) The presence of The Furies.
(c) He has been a plaything of the gods.
(d) The hero has received unjust punishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believed that 'to kill God is to become god oneself'?

2. How does Camus see Sisyphus vis-a-vis his fate?

3. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?

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

5. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

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