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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 attitude can overcome all fate?
(a) Indolence.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Scorn.
(d) Diigence.

2. What comment does Camus make about Greek tragedy?
(a) It is obscure, hard to comprehend.
(b) It is rich in lessons.
(c) It is too culturally specific to be useful.
(d) It is over-estimated.

3. What restores calm to the fight audience after the near-riot?
(a) The announcement of the main bout.
(b) Pleas from a tearful woman.
(c) A plea from Camus himself.
(d) The arrival of the police.

4. What comment does Camus make about Greek thought?
(a) It wasn't balanced.
(b) It never carried things to extremes.
(c) It could be our inspiration, if translated.
(d) It took too little account of feelings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?

2. What has Camus to say about 'great revolutions'?

3. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

4. With God dead, what remains?

5. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?

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