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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. 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) Weak.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Logical.
(d) Absurd.

2. According to Camus in Part 2, what "never has the patience to await complete control of the world?"
(a) Law of murder.
(b) Law of religion.
(c) Law of conflict.
(d) Law of power.

3. What has to be alive in order to say life is absurd, according to the introduction?
(a) Conscience.
(b) Brain.
(c) Heart.
(d) Soul.

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

5. In the introduction, what is it always possible to do?
(a) To act illogically.
(b) To commit crime.
(c) To delegate murder.
(d) To act reasonably.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who, according to Camus in Part 2, committed the first act of rebellion?

3. According to Camus' introduction, one purpose is to find out if what can avoid committing murder?

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

5. Who wrote Society of the Friends of Crime?

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