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

2. What does Camus describe as 'sheer madness'?
(a) Expecting nothing to change as we grow older.
(b) Returning to places that were important in one's youth.
(c) Trying to find friends from long ago.
(d) Going into dimly lighted cafes at night.

3. What comment does Camus make concerning the end of history?
(a) We need to ignore it and make our own lives count for something.
(b) It is too frightening for us to try and imagine.
(c) It can't have any definable significance for us.
(d) It will come when God is pleased for it to happen.

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

5. What did Goethe call for when on his deathbed?
(a) Light.
(b) Water.
(c) 'Eine kleine pause.'
(d) Peace and quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city is Oran's rival?

2. What would the writer choose never to do?

3. Where did the writer spend his evenings?

4. What phenomenon has seemed continuous since Camus' last departure from Algiers?

5. Of what do the freighters from Norway smell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way did the philosopher Socrates demonstrate his lack of intellectual arrogance?

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

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

6. What is the essay 'Helen's Exile' concerned with?

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

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

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

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

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