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

2. What is Camus' attitude to genius?
(a) It is anti-democratic.
(b) It must be nurtured.
(c) It excuses nothing.
(d) It excuses everything.

3. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?
(a) Both have a desire to influence the minds of others.
(b) Both thinker and artist have commitment and become themselves in their work.
(c) Both have a tendency to reject expressionism.
(d) Both have total commitment to success.

4. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?
(a) Knowing what to do, or having tact.
(b) The ability to savor good food.
(c) A good person.
(d) Gentle behavior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Camus' view concerning the idea that the artist can be detached from his work?

2. What does Homer have to say about Sisyphus?

3. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?

4. How does Kafka express the absurd?

5. Who liberated Death?

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