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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what did Socrates' life end.
(a) A confession of faith.
(b) A true confession.
(c) A confession of ignorance.
(d) A confessional poem.

2. What common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?
(a) Rejection of paradise.
(b) Nostalgia for a lost paradise.
(c) Nostalgia for childhood.
(d) Pity for suffering.

3. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?
(a) As the ability to represent faithfully.
(b) As the ability to simulate absolutely.
(c) As dangerous counterfeit.
(d) As an absurd illusion.

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

5. Which novel deals with a soul in quest of grace?
(a) The Trial.
(b) The Life and Times of Michael K.
(c) Metamorphosis.
(d) The Castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?

2. How was the god Mercury involved in the Sisyphus story?

3. What does Vincent do for a living?

4. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?

5. What do Arabs sell for five sous?

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