2. According to Camus, what is an important relationship between The Trial and The Castle?
(a) The Trial presents a problem which The Castle partly solves.
(b) The Trial shows us the end of life and The Castle shows us Heaven.
(c) Both novels have a hedonistic main character who denies theism.
(d) The novels have the same central character and each is based on a play by Shakespeare.

3. Of what figurative device is: 'These are our nights of Gethsemane'?
(a) It is a metaphor.
(b) It is an example of idiomatic phrasing.
(c) It is an example of decorative prose.
(d) It is an illusion.

4. What were the consequences of Sisyphus putting Death in chains?
(a) Death took a terrible revenge.
(b) Pluto's empire became deserted and silent.
(c) Pluto took Medea hostage.
(d) People partied continuously because Death never visited them.

5. What 'two worlds' does Kafka present in his novels?
(a) Anxiety and the absurd.
(b) Everyday life and supernatural anxiety.
(c) The absurd and the prosaic.
(d) Everyday life and transcendent ecstasy.

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

7. What is a consequence of love?
(a) It is impossible to assess because every relationship is different.
(b) The stronger the love, the less absurd it is.
(c) The stronger the love, the stronger the absurdity.
(d) Marriage and children.

8. What is the most harrowing passion of all?
(a) The recognition of absurdity.
(b) The facing of mortality.
(c) The recognition that death is inevitable.
(d) The experience of unrequited love.

9. According to Camus, what is the most obvious symbol in The Trial?
(a) Shame.
(b) A knife.
(c) An insect.
(d) Naturalness.

10. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?
(a) Despair.
(b) Hope.
(c) Faith.
(d) Mendacity.

11. How are myths given life?
(a) Through their coming true.
(b) Through representations on Grecian urns.
(c) Through cinema and stage representation.
(d) Through human imagination.

12. Who liberated Death?
(a) The god of war.
(b) The messenger of the gods.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Eurydice.

13. What is important about an actor's fame?
(a) The problem of paparazzi.
(b) Ultimately it brings displeasure.
(c) Its fleeting nature.
(d) Its illusory nature.

14. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
(a) Through an understanding of Venetian military structure.
(b) By thorough analysis of the text.
(c) By playing him.
(d) In terms of the absurd.

15. What is a characteristic of wisdom?
(a) Being able to supply a rationale for any action.
(b) Knowing when to take things on trust, as well as when not to.
(c) Living on what one has, not speculating about what one does not have.
(d) Living with faith and integrity and reserving judgement.