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

2. What has been the focus of don Juan's existence?
(a) Self-actualization.
(b) Short-lived joys.
(c) Avoiding conflict.
(d) Absurd escapades.

3. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?
(a) The temptation to commit suicide.
(b) The temptation to be absurdy sentimental.
(c) The temptation to explain.
(d) The temptation to love.

4. What is astonishing about eternal values?
(a) They survive wars and other conflicts.
(b) The very fact that they exist without reference to God.
(c) They transcend cultural factors.
(d) That they exist at all.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the gods view Sisyphus' punishment as particularly dreadful?

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

3. What information do we have about Sisyphus in the underworld?

4. Once, how were the condemned spared the sight of the scaffold?

5. What does Oedipus' remark imply?

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