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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 common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?
(a) Rejection of paradise.
(b) Nostalgia for childhood.
(c) Nostalgia for a lost paradise.
(d) Pity for suffering.

2. What is indicated when melancholy arises in the human heart?
(a) Counsellig with a psychiatrist.
(b) The need for positive thinking and better prioritizing.
(c) The rock's victory.
(d) Suicidal depression.

3. What comment has Camus to make about Malraux?
(a) His thought is confusingly expressed.
(b) His thought is bracing.
(c) His thought is inspirational and pure.
(d) He is an unappreciated genius.

4. What is the main idea in the final paragraph of the essay 'The Myth of Sisyphus'?
(a) We can't be free unless the gods allow it.
(b) No matter how hard we struggle, the gods will always win.
(c) All we can do is struggle.
(d) The struggle for achievement is enough: it is its own reward.

5. According to Camus, what is the most obvious symbol in The Trial?
(a) Naturalness.
(b) Shame.
(c) A knife.
(d) An insect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Camus' attitude to genius?

2. What assertions are always false?

3. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?

4. What has been the focus of don Juan's existence?

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

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