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

2. How is Oedipus' fate announced?
(a) As a result of gossip.
(b) Supernaturally.
(c) Superbly.
(d) By means of a letter device.

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

4. What comment does Camus make concerning suffering?
(a) It must be endured.
(b) It is useless.
(c) It should be avoided.
(d) It is ennobling.

5. In what way are people's minds related?
(a) Through common purpose.
(b) Through the collective unconscious.
(c) Through common beliefs and visions.
(d) Through common contradictions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Camus classify regret?

2. What important factor limits human freedom?

3. What kind of thought is involved in the absurd?

4. What status does Camus give Sisyphus?

5. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

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