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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. 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 in certain circumstances, you might negotiate with the gods.
(d) That fate is a human matter, to be settled among men.

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

3. What is important about an actor's fame?
(a) Ultimately it brings displeasure.
(b) Its illusory nature.
(c) Its fleeting nature.
(d) The problem of paparazzi.

4. Why is it necessary to read a Kafka work twice?
(a) His prose is very dense.
(b) There is a double possibility of interpretation.
(c) In order to savor the beauty of his writing.
(d) There are complex relationships and a host of characters.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?

5. What important factor limits human freedom?

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