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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the hero of Metamorphosis?
(a) Samsa.
(b) Samson.
(c) Joseph K.
(d) Michael K.

2. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?
(a) There is substantial over-writing, especially with descriptive passages.
(b) There is too much emphasis on structure.
(c) Thought becomes more important than style.
(d) Dialogue is poorly written and often inappropriate to character.

3. When Camus writes '. . . like red beasts', he is using which literary device?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Idiom.

4. What factors ought to underpin discussion of the meaning of life?
(a) The rebel and his place in history.
(b) Common sense and perseverence.
(c) Don Quixote and a sense of the absurd.
(d) Common sense and understanding.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Camus describes a film in a handbill using words like 'sumptuous', 'staggering', 'amazing' and 'tremendous'. This is an example of which literary device?

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

4. What is astonishing about eternal values?

5. Where is history now to be found?

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