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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2's introduction, the most elementary form of rebellion expresses an aspiration to what?
(a) Values.
(b) Order.
(c) Murder.
(d) Power.

2. In Camus' introduction, what does he say "remains an exception"?
(a) Love.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Murder.
(d) Passion.

3. The ancient regime monarchy was founded on what?
(a) Divine right.
(b) Slave rebellion.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Honest government.

4. In the introduction, rebellion is born of the spectacle of what?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Murder.
(c) Love.
(d) Irrationality.

5. What becomes prophetic with Nietzsche in Part 2?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Nihilism.
(d) Atheism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus in Part 2, when man submits God to what does he kill Him in his "own heart"?

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

3. In Part 3, what divides the sovereign?

4. According to Camus in Part 2, what "never has the patience to await complete control of the world?"

5. The power to kill and degrade saves the soul from what in Part 3?

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