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

2. Who believed that 'to kill God is to become god oneself'?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Both Kirilov and Nietzsche.
(c) Both Kirilov and Onegin.
(d) Both Kirkegaard and Camus.

3. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?
(a) Mendacity.
(b) Faith.
(c) Hope.
(d) Despair.

4. To which school of thought does Husserl belong?
(a) Phenomenology.
(b) Geomorphology.
(c) Teleology.
(d) Rationalism.

5. What attitude can overcome all fate?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Diigence.
(c) Scorn.
(d) Indolence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?

3. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?

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

5. What is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?

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