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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Introduction, Sections 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Camus' introduction, to what is to judge?
(a) Think.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Love.
(d) Murder.

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

3. What does Part 3 focus on?
(a) Metaphysical rebellion.
(b) Nihilism.
(c) Historical rebellion.
(d) Atheism.

4. According to Saint-Just in Part 3, what is stronger than tyrants?
(a) Religion.
(b) Power.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Morality.

5. At the end of Part 2, what does man add to irrational crimes?
(a) Crimes of religion.
(b) Crimes of reason.
(c) Crimes of passion.
(d) Crimes of logic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nietzscheism as defined by Camus in Part 2 is the theory of the individual's will to what?

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

3. According to Part 3, Saint-Just is a contemporary of whom?

4. What belief system accepts suicide as legitimate?

5. Who do the first mythologies describe as an "eternal martyr"?

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