View a FREE sample

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. In Part 2, the maximum of enjoyment coincides with the maximum of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Rebellion.

2. Who wrote Society of the Friends of Crime?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Sade.
(c) Camus.
(d) Marx.

3. Who do the first mythologies describe as an "eternal martyr"?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Satan.
(c) Prometheus.
(d) Eschylus.

4. In the Introduction, what does Camus say criminals use as an alibi?
(a) Logic.
(b) Premeditation.
(c) Passion.
(d) Philosophy.

5. According to Camus' introduction, what is rare?
(a) Perfect crime.
(b) Passion.
(c) Intense love.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer 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?

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 two forms of rebellion are being considered in the book?

4. According to Camus, the rebel does what more than he denies?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 183 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample