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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 Homer have to say about Sisyphus?
(a) That his heroic deeds ought not to have been punished.
(b) That he was the wisest and most prudent of mortals.
(c) That he had no fear of Pluto.
(d) That he was an inept fool.

2. In what way is a modern worker similar to Sisyphus?
(a) The worker is a slave like Sisyphus.
(b) The tasks they have to do are too hard for them.
(c) The worker is forbidden to innovate.
(d) The worker spends every day at the same tasks.

3. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?
(a) 'Scattered thoughts can be both orderly and disorderly.'
(b) 'What does not destroy me makes me stronger.'
(c) 'Midway in life's journey we need to enter a dark wood.'
(d) 'We have art in order not to die of the truth.'

4. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?
(a) The sacrifice of the intellect.
(b) The sacrifice of hope.
(c) The sacrifice of celibacy.
(d) The sacrifice of humility?

5. What binds a man to the absurd?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) His consciousness of it.
(c) His sentient nature regarding death.
(d) His intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Camus classify regret?

2. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?

3. In what way are people's minds related?

4. What status does Camus give Sisyphus?

5. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

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