2. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?
(a) 'Scattered thoughts can be both orderly and disorderly.'
(b) 'Midway in life's journey we need to enter a dark wood.'
(c) 'What does not destroy me makes me stronger.'
(d) 'We have art in order not to die of the truth.'

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

4. Which novel deals with a soul in quest of grace?
(a) The Trial.
(b) Metamorphosis.
(c) The Castle.
(d) The Life and Times of Michael K.

5. What assertions are always false?
(a) That everything is true and that everything is false.
(b) That everything is invisible and nothing is true.
(c) That humans are wise and invincible.
(d) That being is false and nothingness is inevitable.

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

7. What is the hero's great fear following his transformation?
(a) His boss' anger.
(b) His mother's tears.
(c) That his girlfriend will find out.
(d) His father's anger.

8. How is Oedipus' fate announced?
(a) Superbly.
(b) By means of a letter device.
(c) As a result of gossip.
(d) Supernaturally.

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

10. What is ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?
(a) He tried to commit suicide by drowning in the Seine, but could not sink.
(b) He thought the name would make him a great travel writer, but he failed.
(c) The writer suicided in despair and his relatives benefited hugely from the royalties.
(d) The writer suicided so his book would be noticed, but the book was no good.

11. When did Sisyphus test his wife's love?
(a) When he was close to death.
(b) On their wedding night.
(c) When he returned from his travels.
(d) As he was leaving on his travels.

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

13. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?
(a) The problem of human pain and suffering.
(b) Judging the value of actions.
(c) Judging the value of religion.
(d) Judging whether or not life is worth living.

14. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?
(a) Knowing what to do, or having tact.
(b) Gentle behavior.
(c) A good person.
(d) The ability to savor good food.

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