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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From examining the text, what do we learn about Salamis?
(a) That is was a sea battle.
(b) That it was a city overrun by barbarians.
(c) That it was a lost text.
(d) That barbarians lived there.

4. As Camus describes it, the impression one has of the setting for the boxing boxing match is _______________.
(a) Squalid and crowded.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Exciting and dangerous.
(d) Well-organized.

5. What do all struggles need?
(a) The brake of values.
(b) To come to a conclusion.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Protagonists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city is Oran's rival?

2. What is paradoxical about Algiers?

3. What is meant by 'obscurantism'?

4. Which culture/philosophy does Camus dismiss as 'the child of disproportion'?

5. What form of travel did Camus use to reach Tipasa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Camus to say about the shops in Oran?

2. From information in Camus' text, what do we understand Tipasa to be?

3. In what way is Camus' comments about Algerian youth tempered by sadness?

4. Of what does Camus accuse the Marxists in Section III of The Artist and his Time?

5. What must modern man do if he is to recapture the mindset of Ancient Greece and be truly civilized?

6. What problems does Camus see in modern philosophy?

7. Comment on the force of the phrase 'indulge in a swim' rather than 'go for a swim'.

8. Comment on the title of the essay 'Helen's Exile'.

9. What is suggested about the Algiers community by Camus' reference to the colors seen on the beaches in summer?

10. What 'two thirsts' has Camus been able to slake through his visit to Tipasa?

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