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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. According to Camus, what is an important relationship between The Trial and The Castle?
(a) The Trial presents a problem which The Castle partly solves.
(b) Both novels have a hedonistic main character who denies theism.
(c) The novels have the same central character and each is based on a play by Shakespeare.
(d) The Trial shows us the end of life and The Castle shows us Heaven.

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

3. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?
(a) A French composer of operetta.
(b) Voltaire's mistress.
(c) A French actress.
(d) A French philosopher.

4. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?
(a) There is substantial over-writing, especially with descriptive passages.
(b) Dialogue is poorly written and often inappropriate to character.
(c) Thought becomes more important than style.
(d) There is too much emphasis on structure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information do we have about Sisyphus in the underworld?

2. According to Camus, what is important about the idea that actions have consequences?

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

4. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?

5. What 'two worlds' does Kafka present in his novels?

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