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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 does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Conception.
(c) Murder.
(d) Struggle.

2. What information do we have about Sisyphus in the underworld?
(a) That he stole Pluto's wine.
(b) That he fought Orpheus over Eurydice.
(c) That he pursued La Belle Helene.
(d) Nothing.

3. What is a consequence of love?
(a) Marriage and children.
(b) The stronger the love, the less absurd it is.
(c) It is impossible to assess because every relationship is different.
(d) The stronger the love, the stronger the absurdity.

4. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?
(a) Its supernovae.
(b) Its incoherence.
(c) Its phantoms.
(d) Its absurdity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?

3. What kind of thought is involved in the absurd?

4. What is Camus' attitude to genius?

5. What binds a man to the absurd?

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