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

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

3. What, according to the introduction of Part 3, is the "motivating principle of all revolutions"?
(a) Murder.
(b) Crime.
(c) Love.
(d) Freedom.

4. According to Part 3, what are the two contemporary forms of nihilism?
(a) Individual and state.
(b) Individual and national.
(c) Local and state.
(d) State and national.

5. According to Part 1, remaining silent gives the appearance that one has no what?
(a) Tongue.
(b) Opinions.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As stated in Camus' introduction, "In an age of ideologies, we must examine our position in relation to" what?

3. What becomes prophetic with Nietzsche in Part 2?

4. What is, according to Part 2, in itself a sign of decadence?

5. In the Introduction, what does Camus say criminals use as an alibi?

(see the answer key)

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