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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. In the introduction, if nothing is true or false or good or bad, man's guiding principle is to demonstrate that he is what?
(a) Efficient.
(b) Logical.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Weak.

2. By what concept is metaphysical rebellion motivated by?
(a) Universal truth.
(b) Absolute murder.
(c) Power.
(d) Complete unity.

3. As stated in Camus' introduction, "In an age of ideologies, we must examine our position in relation to" what?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Love.
(c) Crime.
(d) Murder.

4. According to Part 2's introduction, the "movement by which man protests against his condition and against the whole of creation" is called what?
(a) Metaphysical rebellion.
(b) Historical rebellion.
(c) Nihilism.
(d) Revolution.

5. In Part 2, Camus explains Nietzsche recognized himself as the "most acute manifestation" of what?
(a) Atheism's beliefs.
(b) Nihilism's conscience.
(c) Rebellion's reasoning.
(d) Christianity's values.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nietzscheism as defined by Camus in Part 2 is the theory of the individual's will to what?

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

3. According to Camus, we are living in an era of what and perfect crime?

4. In the introduction, rebellion is born of the spectacle of what?

5. According to Camus in Part 2, what "never has the patience to await complete control of the world?"

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