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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are myths given life?
(a) Through cinema and stage representation.
(b) Through their coming true.
(c) Through human imagination.
(d) Through representations on Grecian urns.

2. What building stands above the harbor?
(a) The Kasbah.
(b) The mosque.
(c) An immense library.
(d) A huge block of flats.

3. How does Camus find Sunday mornings in Algiers?
(a) Grand.
(b) Boring.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Sinister.

4. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?
(a) A French composer of operetta.
(b) Voltaire's mistress.
(c) A French philosopher.
(d) A French actress.

5. What is ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?
(a) The writer suicided so his book would be noticed, but the book was no good.
(b) He thought the name would make him a great travel writer, but he failed.
(c) The writer suicided in despair and his relatives benefited hugely from the royalties.
(d) He tried to commit suicide by drowning in the Seine, but could not sink.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus, what is the most obvious symbol in The Trial?

2. What was Sisyphus' attitude to the gods?

3. What makes Algiers different from cities like Paris, Prague and Florence?

4. Which novel deals with a soul in quest of grace?

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

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