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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Camus' introduction, what is rare?
(a) Perfect crime.
(b) Logic.
(c) Passion.
(d) Intense love.

2. According to Camus in Part 3, what happened to those who talked about the immortality of the soul?
(a) Murdered.
(b) Hanged.
(c) Exiled.
(d) Excommunicated.

3. Who is a theoretician of Russian nihilism?
(a) Pisarev.
(b) Saint-Just.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Sade.

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

5. According to Part 3, nihilists believed in nothing but what?
(a) Reason and reality.
(b) Reality and self-interest.
(c) Reason and self-interest.
(d) Self-interest and religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Part 3, what are a majority of revolutions shaped by?

3. With Nietzsche in Part 2, what is no longer a revenge?

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

5. Who wrote The Possessed?

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