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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Artist and His Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this essay, the Minotaur is used to represent which human experience?
(a) Passion.
(b) Bewilderment.
(c) Power.
(d) Boredom.

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

3. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?
(a) The temptation to explain.
(b) The temptation to commit suicide.
(c) The temptation to be absurdy sentimental.
(d) The temptation to love.

4. What must an artist serve simultaneously?
(a) Dangers and bitterness.
(b) Dangers and dissonance.
(c) Nature and humanity.
(d) Suffering and beauty.

5. Whence had Camus planned to travel in 1939?
(a) England.
(b) Greece.
(c) South Africa.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus, what is an important relationship between The Trial and The Castle?

2. Where did Sakyamuni meditate?

3. What should be the response to subterfuge?

4. In which month has the writer returned to Algiers?

5. On which other society does the youth of Oran model its behavior?

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