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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 Oedipus' remark imply?
(a) That fate is cruel and will defeat you despite your pure nature.
(b) That fate is decided prior to birth.
(c) That fate is a human matter, to be settled among men.
(d) That in certain circumstances, you might negotiate with the gods.

2. Commonly, what concerns Dostoevsky's heroes?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) Whether or not love and loyalty can endure.
(c) Whether or not evil people should be permitted to live.
(d) The morality of suicide.

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

4. Which philosopher claims that anxiety is at the source of everything?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Sartre.
(c) Heidegger.
(d) St. Augustine.

5. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?
(a) Only to obtain the impossible.
(b) Only to gain favors.
(c) Because we are afraid.
(d) To have the feling that 'underneath are the everlasting arms'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What status does Camus give Sisyphus?

2. Who liberated Death?

3. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?

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

5. What is Camus' attitude to genius?

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