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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Identify the literary device Camus uses in: 'Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives'.
(a) The device is an example of onomatopoeia.
(b) The device is a metaphor.
(c) The device is personification.
(d) The device is an example of transubstantiation.

2. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?
(a) Productive thought.
(b) Lively imagination.
(c) Vetinarary fees.
(d) Happy return.

3. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?
(a) Kierkegaard.
(b) Russell.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Camus.

4. What do Arabs sell for five sous?
(a) Camels.
(b) Roast chestnuts.
(c) Golden bangles.
(d) Iced lemonade.

5. What is the role of Nemesis?
(a) To claim revenge.
(b) To restore memory of past sins.
(c) To bring soothing sleep.
(d) To punish those who exceed their limits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main idea in the final paragraph of the essay 'The Myth of Sisyphus'?

2. What is indicated when melancholy arises in the human heart?

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

4. Camus mentions the parliament of birds in which literary source?

5. Who calls out 'Want a ride, sister?' to pretty girls?

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