The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would the writer choose never to do?
(a) Betray a colleague.
(b) Act as a judge.
(c) Join a trade union.
(d) Join the Resistance.

3. How does night descend on the city?
(a) By abrupt degrees.
(b) Suddenly.
(c) Like a thief.
(d) Slowly, after a long twilight.

4. What symbol does Camus associate with oppression?
(a) The Iron Curtain.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) The Berlin Wall.
(d) A trident.

5. At Belcourt, how have marriages been arranged?
(a) Through marriage brokers.
(b) Through exchanging peppermint lozenges.
(c) Through exchanging golden rings.
(d) Through the mosque.

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

7. What building stands above the harbor?
(a) An immense library.
(b) The Kasbah.
(c) A huge block of flats.
(d) The mosque.

8. What paradox did Descartes notice in Amsterdam?
(a) That one could feel safe in the red-light district of the city.
(b) That there were streets as well as canals for traffic.
(c) That one could feel freedom and tranquility amongst a crowd.
(d) That a tax on windows meant doors were narrow.

9. What had changed Camus' life in September, 1939?
(a) His belief that God was dead.
(b) War.
(c) Marriage.
(d) The birth of his twin children.

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

11. How does Camus describe today's society?
(a) As disordered.
(b) As overly regulated.
(c) As potentially communist.
(d) As laissez-faire.

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

13. What kind of role is that of the witness?
(a) Valuable.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Compromising.
(d) Precarious.

14. What type of music is played before the fight?
(a) Ballads from the 1930s.
(b) Italian opera.
(c) Sentimental Italian music.
(d) European techno music.

15. With what did Socrates' life end.
(a) A confession of faith.
(b) A confession of ignorance.
(c) A true confession.
(d) A confessional poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camus claim are the two essential pleasures of local youth?

2. What significant thing concerning Socrates does Camus refer to?

3. From examining the text, what do we learn about Salamis?

4. How does Camus classify Oran?

5. What can an artist do in the world of today?

(see the answer keys)

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