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

2. Identify the literary device Camus uses in: 'Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives'.
(a) The device is an example of transubstantiation.
(b) The device is personification.
(c) The device is a metaphor.
(d) The device is an example of onomatopoeia.

3. What is indicated when melancholy arises in the human heart?
(a) The rock's victory.
(b) Suicidal depression.
(c) The need for positive thinking and better prioritizing.
(d) Counsellig with a psychiatrist.

4. What comment does Camus make concerning suffering?
(a) It is ennobling.
(b) It should be avoided.
(c) It is useless.
(d) It must be endured.

5. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?
(a) As an absurd illusion.
(b) As the ability to simulate absolutely.
(c) As dangerous counterfeit.
(d) As the ability to represent faithfully.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?

3. What does Oedipus' remark imply?

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

5. According to Camus, what is important about the idea that actions have consequences?

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