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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) Love.
(b) Logic.
(c) Crime.
(d) Philosophy.

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

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

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

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 the ancients referenced in Part 2, what counterbalances negation?

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

3. According to Camus in Part 1, every rebellion invokes what?

4. In Part 2's introduction, the most elementary form of rebellion expresses an aspiration to what?

5. What two forms of rebellion are being considered in the book?

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