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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 form of travel did Camus use to reach Tipasa?
(a) Car.
(b) Local taxi.
(c) Bus.
(d) Train.

2. Who are 'the handmaids of justice'?
(a) The Pleiades.
(b) The Erinyes.
(c) The Amazons.
(d) The Nereides.

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

4. For whose victory must we hope?
(a) The gods'.
(b) The proleteriats'.
(c) The artists'.
(d) The politicians'.

5. Of what does the color of the ruined city's columns remind the writer?
(a) Roses.
(b) Blood.
(c) Bread.
(d) Quartz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the role of Nemesis?

2. To what is the romantic attracted?

3. What is different about Tipasa now?

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

5. What type of music is played before the fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Of what is Camus speaking when he criticizes 'idealism of the worst kind' (p.188 of the Penguin edition)?

3. What factor does Camus claim separates him from some sections of the leftist movement?

4. In what respects does Camus state that Algiers is capable of gratifying every human wish?

5. What technique does Camus use to convey the impression that Tipasa is a peaceful and happy place?

6. Why do you think Camus calls nudists 'those Protestants of the flesh'?

7. Explain the attraction the desert has for thinking human beings.

8. What does Camus mean when he says that the 'tyrannies of today are improved'?

9. What problems does Camus see in modern philosophy?

10. What is ironic and unexpected about Camus' description of the way the Algerian people enjoy summer?

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