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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oedipus' remark imply?
(a) That fate is decided prior to birth.
(b) That fate is cruel and will defeat you despite your pure nature.
(c) That fate is a human matter, to be settled among men.
(d) That in certain circumstances, you might negotiate with the gods.

2. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?
(a) Judging the value of actions.
(b) Judging whether or not life is worth living.
(c) The problem of human pain and suffering.
(d) Judging the value of religion.

3. What is the hero's great fear following his transformation?
(a) That his girlfriend will find out.
(b) His boss' anger.
(c) His mother's tears.
(d) His father's anger.

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

5. Why is it necessary to read a Kafka work twice?
(a) His prose is very dense.
(b) In order to savor the beauty of his writing.
(c) There are complex relationships and a host of characters.
(d) There is a double possibility of interpretation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?

2. What is the prime interest of everyday man?

3. What would make man feel alienated in the universe?

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

5. What does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?

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