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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. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?
(a) Madame Bovary.
(b) Violetta Valery
(c) Madame Roland.
(d) Madame La Guillotine.

2. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?
(a) They use imagery rather than argument to convey their ideas.
(b) They use characters as mouthpieces for their philosophy.
(c) They write with heavy didacticism.
(d) They often construct their novels as conversations.

3. How does a man define himself?
(a) By his politics and personal goals.
(b) By his taste in music and literature.
(c) By his possessions.
(d) By his make-believe as well as his sincere impulses.

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

5. According to Camus, what is important about the idea that actions have consequences?
(a) It is a basic principle of child rearing.
(b) It is a basic principle in what is known as 'brain-washing'.
(c) It is the basis of the legal system in Muslim countries.
(d) It is the principle behind all systems of morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?

2. What factors ought to underpin discussion of the meaning of life?

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

4. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?

5. What is ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?

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