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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 is the origin of the nickname 'Clarques'?
(a) Clark Gable.
(b) The sound made by seagulls.
(c) The French word for a bell.
(d) The French word for a group.

2. What type of music is played before the fight?
(a) Ballads from the 1930s.
(b) Sentimental Italian music.
(c) European techno music.
(d) Italian opera.

3. Where did Sakyamuni meditate?
(a) On top of a holy mountain.
(b) On top of a pole.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In a dark room.

4. Who calls out 'Want a ride, sister?' to pretty girls?
(a) Bus drivers.
(b) Undertakers.
(c) Perverts.
(d) Taxi drivers.

5. To which school of thought does Husserl belong?
(a) Geomorphology.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Teleology.
(d) Phenomenology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of thought is involved in the absurd?

2. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?

3. What 'two worlds' does Kafka present in his novels?

4. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?

5. Identify the literary device Camus uses in: 'Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives'.

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