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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Introduction and Sections 1, 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Camus in Part 2, what is only useful for "adventures of the imagination"?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Nihilism.

2. According to Camus, the rebel does what more than he denies?
(a) Murders.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Lies.
(d) Defies.

3. In the introduction, rebellion is born of the spectacle of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Irrationality.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Murder.

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

5. In Part 2, Camus states that the great problem of modern times is the discovery that rescuing man from destiny delivers him to what?
(a) Chance.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) Murder.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the introduction, if nothing is true or false or good or bad, man's guiding principle is to demonstrate that he is what?

3. In Part 2, the maximum of enjoyment coincides with the maximum of what?

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

5. Who wrote Society of the Friends of Crime?

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