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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Myth of Sisyphus: Appendix: Hope and the Absurd in the Work of Franz Kafka.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?
(a) Madame Bovary.
(b) Madame Roland.
(c) Madame La Guillotine.
(d) Violetta Valery

2. How was the god Mercury involved in the Sisyphus story?
(a) He swapped roles with him.
(b) He led Sisyphus forcibly back to the underworld.
(c) He interceded on Sisyphus's behalf.
(d) He impregnated Sisyphus's wife when in the guise of a swan.

3. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?
(a) Joseph K.
(b) Michael K.
(c) Samson.
(d) Samsa.

4. What is the most harrowing passion of all?
(a) The recognition of absurdity.
(b) The facing of mortality.
(c) The experience of unrequited love.
(d) The recognition that death is inevitable.

5. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?
(a) Productive thought.
(b) Vetinarary fees.
(c) Happy return.
(d) Lively imagination.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?

3. What does Homer have to say about Sisyphus?

4. According to Camus, what is tiresome about the human attitude to fate?

5. What is a consequence of love?

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