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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. Where did Sakyamuni meditate?
(a) In the desert.
(b) On top of a pole.
(c) On top of a holy mountain.
(d) In a dark room.

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

3. What do Arabs sell for five sous?
(a) Roast chestnuts.
(b) Camels.
(c) Golden bangles.
(d) Iced lemonade.

4. What will happen if people keep silent?
(a) They will be deprived of hope.
(b) They will avoid persecution.
(c) The printing industry will be compromised.
(d) Atrocities will occur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whose victory must we hope?

2. What is paradoxical about Algiers?

3. Whence had Camus planned to travel in 1939?

4. What is the alternative title for The Minotaur?

5. What happens at noon at the Place du Gouvernement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lies 'beyond the yellow walls of Oran'?

2. What is the overall impression the reader has of Oran and its people?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Does Camus see himself as a romantic?

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

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

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