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

2. What does Camus see as an almost inevitable companion to passion?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Murder.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Conception.

3. Which culture/philosophy does Camus dismiss as 'the child of disproportion'?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Chinese.
(d) European.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For whose victory must we hope?

3. Where did Sakyamuni meditate?

4. To whom are the words 'Presumption, regression of progress' attributed?

5. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?

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