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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is indicated when melancholy arises in the human heart?
(a) The rock's victory.
(b) Suicidal depression.
(c) Counsellig with a psychiatrist.
(d) The need for positive thinking and better prioritizing.

2. What assertions are always false?
(a) That being is false and nothingness is inevitable.
(b) That humans are wise and invincible.
(c) That everything is invisible and nothing is true.
(d) That everything is true and that everything is false.

3. What paradox did Descartes notice in Amsterdam?
(a) That one could feel safe in the red-light district of the city.
(b) That a tax on windows meant doors were narrow.
(c) That there were streets as well as canals for traffic.
(d) That one could feel freedom and tranquility amongst a crowd.

4. To which school of thought does Husserl belong?
(a) Phenomenology.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Teleology.
(d) Geomorphology.

5. Who calls out 'Want a ride, sister?' to pretty girls?
(a) Undertakers.
(b) Taxi drivers.
(c) Perverts.
(d) Bus drivers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What status does Camus give Sisyphus?

3. According to Camus, what is tiresome about the human attitude to fate?

4. How does Camus see Sisyphus vis-a-vis his fate?

5. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?

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