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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Helen's Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?
(a) They often construct their novels as conversations.
(b) They use imagery rather than argument to convey their ideas.
(c) They use characters as mouthpieces for their philosophy.
(d) They write with heavy didacticism.

2. According to Camus, what is important about the idea that actions have consequences?
(a) It is the principle behind all systems of morality.
(b) It is a basic principle of child rearing.
(c) It is the basis of the legal system in Muslim countries.
(d) It is a basic principle in what is known as 'brain-washing'.

3. Of what do the freighters from Norway smell?
(a) Wine.
(b) Wood.
(c) Oil.
(d) Tobacco.

4. According to Camus, what is tiresome about the human attitude to fate?
(a) It hasn't changed in a thousand years.
(b) It tends to make us inactive.
(c) We take credit for happiness, but blame fate for what crushes us.
(d) It is unrealistic.

5. What word best describes Camus' attitude to Oran's shops?
(a) Tolerating.
(b) Admiring.
(c) Praising.
(d) Scathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sakyamuni meditate?

2. What does Homer have to say about Sisyphus?

3. What factors ought to underpin discussion of the meaning of life?

4. What status as a philosopher does Camus accord Plato?

5. How is Oedipus' fate announced?

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