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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 are the condemned man's last words?
(a) 'Such is life.'
(b) 'Like a dog.'
(c) 'It is a far, far better rest that I go to.'
(d) 'I am innocent!'

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

3. What is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?
(a) Conflict over the emancipation of the Russian serfs.
(b) The existence of God.
(c) Sibling rivalry in the Russian middle class.
(d) The validity of the Russian church.

4. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
(a) By playing him.
(b) In terms of the absurd.
(c) Through an understanding of Venetian military structure.
(d) By thorough analysis of the text.

5. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?
(a) Mind.
(b) Death.
(c) Karma.
(d) True empathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?

2. What comment does Camus make about Greek tragedy?

3. What attitude can overcome all fate?

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

5. What is the prime interest of everyday man?

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