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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. What does Camus believe is as "universal as science"?
(a) Logic.
(b) Love.
(c) Crime.
(d) Philosophy.

2. Human rebellion ends in what, according to Part 2's introduction?
(a) Hitlerism.
(b) Nihilism.
(c) Historical rebellion.
(d) Metaphysical revolution.

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

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

5. According to the ancients referenced in Part 2, what counterbalances negation?
(a) Love.
(b) Power.
(c) Strength.
(d) Affirmation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belief system accepts suicide as legitimate?

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

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

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?

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

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