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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the writer do when the weather changed?
(a) Went to Mass to give thanks.
(b) Set off for Oran.
(c) Set off for Tipasa.
(d) Went to the beach.

2. How does Camus evaluate the role of the artist??
(a) As somewhat redundant.
(b) As one who is a conduit for popular culture.
(c) As having an important place in the continuing dialog.
(d) As necessary more now than ever before.

3. Camus describes a film in a handbill using words like 'sumptuous', 'staggering', 'amazing' and 'tremendous'. This is an example of which literary device?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Menonymy.
(c) Catastrophe.
(d) Apostrophe.

4. What trees grow above the city?
(a) Mastics and olives.
(b) Olives and oranges.
(c) Mimosa and pittosporums.
(d) Olives and eucalypts.

5. What is the origin of the nickname 'Clarques'?
(a) The sound made by seagulls.
(b) The French word for a bell.
(c) The French word for a group.
(d) Clark Gable.

6. What is the only thing glorified by European thought?
(a) The rule of monarchy.
(b) The future rule of reason.
(c) The beauty of the human form.
(d) The art of war.

7. What had the writer hoped to gain when he first visited Tipasa?
(a) The recapturing of his sense of freedom.
(b) Experience as a tour guide.
(c) Some Phoenecian artifacts that might make him rich.
(d) The clarification of childhood memories.

8. Where is history now to be found?
(a) In archival collections held by governments.
(b) In books.
(c) In the streets.
(d) In libraries.

9. Which city is Oran's rival?
(a) Tripoli.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Algiers.

10. What is needed for a person to 'come alive again'?
(a) A beautiful homeland and a loving family.
(b) Prayer and meditation.
(c) Meditation in a suitable place.
(d) Special grace, self-forgetfulness or a homeland.

11. What did Goethe call for when on his deathbed?
(a) Water.
(b) Peace and quiet.
(c) Light.
(d) 'Eine kleine pause.'

12. What word best describes Camus' attitude to Oran's shops?
(a) Tolerating.
(b) Praising.
(c) Admiring.
(d) Scathing.

13. What restores calm to the fight audience after the near-riot?
(a) A plea from Camus himself.
(b) Pleas from a tearful woman.
(c) The announcement of the main bout.
(d) The arrival of the police.

14. How does Camus find Sunday mornings in Algiers?
(a) Grand.
(b) Sinister.
(c) Boring.
(d) Peaceful.

15. For what does Camus criticize Oran?
(a) Apathy and cruelty.
(b) Indifference and profound apathy.
(c) Mediocrity and indifference.
(d) Discrimination and ennui.

Short Answer Questions

1. What misconception of himself does the artist have?

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

3. According to Camus, what is the great misfortune from which we all suffer?

4. What status as a philosopher does Camus accord Plato?

5. What does Camus describe as 'sheer madness'?

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