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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. Why did the gods view Sisyphus' punishment as particularly dreadful?
(a) They saw their mistake but were unable to change things.
(b) It involved immense pain.
(c) It was unfair relative to his crime.
(d) It involved futile and hopeless labor.

2. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
(a) By thorough analysis of the text.
(b) In terms of the absurd.
(c) By playing him.
(d) Through an understanding of Venetian military structure.

3. How does Camus see Sisyphus vis-a-vis his fate?
(a) Sisyphus is crushed by the rock.
(b) Sisyphus is a victim of playful gods.
(c) Sisyphus is superior to his fate.
(d) Sisyphus is crushed by his fate.

4. Of what figurative device is: 'These are our nights of Gethsemane'?
(a) It is an example of idiomatic phrasing.
(b) It is an example of decorative prose.
(c) It is an illusion.
(d) It is a metaphor.

5. When did Sisyphus test his wife's love?
(a) On their wedding night.
(b) As he was leaving on his travels.
(c) When he returned from his travels.
(d) When he was close to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which philosopher claims that anxiety is at the source of everything?

2. What is important about an actor's fame?

3. What was Sisyphus' attitude to the gods?

4. Commonly, what concerns Dostoevsky's heroes?

5. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

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