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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Minotaur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Arabs sell for five sous?
(a) Iced lemonade.
(b) Camels.
(c) Roast chestnuts.
(d) Golden bangles.

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

3. What is the alternative title for The Minotaur?
(a) The Stop in Oran.
(b) A Stop in Oran.
(c) A Setup in Oran.
(d) The Stoop in Oran.

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

5. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?
(a) 'What does not destroy me makes me stronger.'
(b) 'We have art in order not to die of the truth.'
(c) 'Scattered thoughts can be both orderly and disorderly.'
(d) 'Midway in life's journey we need to enter a dark wood.'

Short Answer Questions

1. What is important about an actor's fame?

2. What attitude can overcome all fate?

3. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?

4. What happens at noon at the Place du Gouvernement?

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

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