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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Sections 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What belief system accepts suicide as legitimate?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Absolute nihilism.
(c) Dandyism.
(d) Marxism.

2. According to Camus, we are living in an era of what and perfect crime?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Logic.
(c) Premeditation.
(d) Passion.

3. Camus says in Part 2 that who's negation is the most extreme?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Sade.
(d) Voltaire.

4. According to the introduction, what is the only creature that refuses to be what it is?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Fish.
(c) Man.
(d) Horses.

5. What is, according to Part 2, in itself a sign of decadence?
(a) Murder.
(b) Moral conduct.
(c) Nihilism.
(d) Atheism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus in Part 2, a metaphysical rebel is inevitably what?

2. For Camus in Part 2, what is the history of rebellion inseparable from?

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

4. What did Nietzsche diagnose in himself?

5. At the end of Part 2, what does man add to irrational crimes?

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