3. What is the alternative title for The Minotaur?
(a) A Stop in Oran.
(b) The Stop in Oran.
(c) A Setup in Oran.
(d) The Stoop in Oran.

4. What is paradoxical about Algiers?
(a) It gives a man both pleasure and misery.
(b) There is lots of sunlight, yet the place resembles a grim fortress.
(c) It is on the sea, but inaccessible to shipping.
(d) It contains both cathedrals and mosques.

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

6. What does Camus claim are the two essential pleasures of local youth?
(a) Binge drinking and snappy dressing.
(b) Having their shoes shined, then displaying these on the boulevard.
(c) Getting their shoes shined and attracting girls.
(d) Going to the movies with shiny shoes.

7. What phenomenon has seemed continuous since Camus' last departure from Algiers?
(a) Rain.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Drought.

8. What does the word 'limpid' mean?
(a) A shade of pink.
(b) Limp and floppy.
(c) Clear or transparent.
(d) Ambient.

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

10. What can an artist do in the world of today?
(a) Very little because so many governments are corrupt.
(b) He can and should be an advocate for the opressed in many contexts.
(c) Very little because so many governments are totalitarian in style.
(d) Provide people with gentle amusement to take their minds off their troubles.

11. What is meant by 'obscurantism'?
(a) People who are in favor of using the camera obscura.
(b) It refers to a secret religious sect once popular in North Africa.
(c) Deliberately using obscure language.
(d) Opposition to inquiry and enlightenment.

12. Which groups of people exchange positions rapidly in this changed world?
(a) Judges, accused and witnesses.
(b) Jailers, witnesses and politicians.
(c) Judges, doctors and teachers.
(d) Jailers, judges and politicians.

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

14. In summer, what happens to Algiers?
(a) Pilgrims arrive and accommodation is stretched.
(b) It becomes deserted.
(c) It is subject to extremes of weather.
(d) It fills with eager tourists.

15. According to Camus, what have 'the smell of the office clinging to them'?
(a) Our obligations.
(b) Our overcoats.
(c) Our sordid little affairs.
(d) Our wretched tragedies.