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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. Whence had Camus planned to travel in 1939?
(a) England.
(b) Greece.
(c) France.
(d) South Africa.

2. What is the alternative title for The Minotaur?
(a) The Stop in Oran.
(b) The Stoop in Oran.
(c) A Stop in Oran.
(d) A Setup in Oran.

3. What trees grow above the city?
(a) Mimosa and pittosporums.
(b) Olives and eucalypts.
(c) Mastics and olives.
(d) Olives and oranges.

4. How does Camus classify Oran?
(a) As an oasis.
(b) As a center of industry.
(c) As a desert.
(d) As a center of culture.

5. According to Camus, what have 'the smell of the office clinging to them'?
(a) Our wretched tragedies.
(b) Our obligations.
(c) Our overcoats.
(d) Our sordid little affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the modern political scene force an artist to do?

2. Which city is Oran's rival?

3. As Camus describes it, the impression one has of the setting for the boxing boxing match is _______________.

4. What word best describes Camus' attitude to Oran's shops?

5. In what way is the Ancient Greek idea of justice different from the modern European?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Comment on the title of the essay 'Helen's Exile'.

7. What, according to Camus, is paradoxical about the crowded city of Oran, and crowded cities in general?

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

9. What is peculiar about the built environment of Oran, according to Camus?

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

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