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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sections 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the introduction, what is the only creature that refuses to be what it is?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Fish.
(c) Man.
(d) Horses.

2. According to Camus in Part 1, every rebellion invokes what?
(a) An opinion.
(b) A value.
(c) A feeling.
(d) A murder.

3. At the end of Part 2, what does man add to irrational crimes?
(a) Crimes of religion.
(b) Crimes of logic.
(c) Crimes of reason.
(d) Crimes of passion.

4. According to Nietzsche in Part 2, freedom of the mind is not a comfort but a what?
(a) Belief.
(b) Achievement.
(c) Failure.
(d) Expectation.

5. For Camus in Part 2, what is the history of rebellion inseparable from?
(a) Nihilism.
(b) Greek mythology.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Hitlerism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus in Part 2, what is only useful for "adventures of the imagination"?

2. In Part 2, Camus states that the great problem of modern times is the discovery that rescuing man from destiny delivers him to what?

3. What has to be alive in order to say life is absurd, according to the introduction?

4. As stated in Camus' introduction, "In an age of ideologies, we must examine our position in relation to" what?

5. According to Part 2, what is the only religion that is present throughout history?

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