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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 can Moorish cafes be found?
(a) Under the clock tower.
(b) In the Kasbah.
(c) Behind the mosque.
(d) On the waterfront.

2. What is meant by 'obscurantism'?
(a) Deliberately using obscure language.
(b) People who are in favor of using the camera obscura.
(c) Opposition to inquiry and enlightenment.
(d) It refers to a secret religious sect once popular in North Africa.

3. To what type of person is Camus drawn as an artist?
(a) Leftist intellectuals because they hold the key to progress.
(b) The common people who endure burdens and humiliation.
(c) The powerful minority in society who need to be enlightened.
(d) The uncomplicated Berbers of North Africa.

4. Of what do the freighters from Norway smell?
(a) Wine.
(b) Oil.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Wood.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom are the words 'Presumption, regression of progress' attributed?

3. Camus mentions the parliament of birds in which literary source?

4. Which groups of people exchange positions rapidly in this changed world?

5. To what is the romantic attracted?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what respect did the Greek philosopher Heraclitus think of human society and the physical universe being similar?

2. What does Camus take away from his visit to Tipasa?

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

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

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

6. Can the artist remain aloof from the world he comments upon, depicts and criticizes?

7. What problems does Camus see in modern philosophy?

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

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

10. To what do love, peace and beauty form the antidote?

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