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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 Camus find Sunday mornings in Algiers?
(a) Sinister.
(b) Boring.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Grand.
2. What did the writer do when the weather changed?
(a) Set off for Oran.
(b) Set off for Tipasa.
(c) Went to the beach.
(d) Went to Mass to give thanks.
3. For what does Camus criticize Oran?
(a) Indifference and profound apathy.
(b) Apathy and cruelty.
(c) Discrimination and ennui.
(d) Mediocrity and indifference.
4. What is paradoxical about Algiers?
(a) It is on the sea, but inaccessible to shipping.
(b) It gives a man both pleasure and misery.
(c) It contains both cathedrals and mosques.
(d) There is lots of sunlight, yet the place resembles a grim fortress.
5. What word does Camus think is meaningless in Algeria?
(a) Death.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Faith.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is needed for a person to 'come alive again'?
2. What does Camus claim are the two essential pleasures of local youth?
3. Who calls out 'Want a ride, sister?' to pretty girls?
4. What form of travel did Camus use to reach Tipasa?
5. What restores calm to the fight audience after the near-riot?
Short Essay Questions
1. What attitudes and feelings does Camus convey to the reader in the opening paragraphs of his essay 'Return to Tipasa'?
2. What has Camus to say about the shops in Oran?
3. What is ironic and unexpected about Camus' description of the way the Algerian people enjoy summer?
4. What technique does Camus use to convey the impression that Tipasa is a peaceful and happy place?
5. To what do love, peace and beauty form the antidote?
6. Comment on the title of the essay 'Helen's Exile'.
7. What does Camus take away from his visit to Tipasa?
8. What is the overall impression the reader has of Oran and its people?
9. In what respect did the Greek philosopher Heraclitus think of human society and the physical universe being similar?
10. What factor does Camus claim separates him from some sections of the leftist movement?
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