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

2. To what is the romantic attracted?
(a) History, epic and a miraculous event at the end of time.
(b) Popular fiction.
(c) The idea of God in history and the epic nature of humankind's struggle to survive morally.
(d) Epic struggles between the individual and the state.

3. How does Kafka express the absurd?
(a) Through the logical.
(b) Through representations of everyday life.
(c) Through tragedy.
(d) Through farce that is close to sentimentality.

4. What comment does Camus make about Greek tragedy?
(a) It is rich in lessons.
(b) It is obscure, hard to comprehend.
(c) It is over-estimated.
(d) It is too culturally specific to be useful.

5. What can be found at Padovani Beach?
(a) Lifeguards trained in Australia.
(b) The best cafe in Algiers.
(c) An all-day dance hall.
(d) A dance school for the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a man define himself?

2. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?

3. What is astonishing about eternal values?

4. What does Oedipus' remark imply?

5. Who are 'the handmaids of justice'?

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