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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 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) Murder.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Suicide.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only evidence given to Camus within the terms of the absurdist experience?

2. What belief system accepts suicide as legitimate?

3. According to the introduction, what is the only creature that refuses to be what it is?

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

5. In the introduction, rebellion is born of the spectacle of what?

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