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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. Nietzsche cannot separate what from lucidity?
(a) Metaphysical rebellion.
(b) Moral conduct.
(c) Methodical doubt.
(d) Real morality.

2. In Part 3, total revolution ends by demanding control of what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) The world.
(c) Government.
(d) God.

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

4. What did Nietzsche practice instead of methodical doubt?
(a) Methodical negation.
(b) Historical rebellion.
(c) Metaphysical rebellion.
(d) Methodical crime.

5. According to Camus' introduction, one purpose is to find out if what can avoid committing murder?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Love.
(c) Logic.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Part 3, The Social Contract is an inquiry into the legitimacy of what?

3. According to Camus' introduction, what is rare?

4. According to Part 3, rebellion is compelled to become what?

5. In Part 2, Camus explains Nietzsche recognized himself as the "most acute manifestation" of what?

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