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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. According to Camus in Part 3, men kill each other because they desire what?
(a) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Mortality.

2. A man's rebellion is refusal to be treated as what, according to Part 3?
(a) An object.
(b) A heretic.
(c) A leader.
(d) A politician.

3. According to this Russian theoretician, who are the greatest fanatics?
(a) Adolescents and adults.
(b) Children and adults.
(c) Children and adolescents.
(d) Adults and infants.

4. In Part 2, the maximum of enjoyment coincides with the maximum of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Destruction.

5. Who wrote The Possessed?
(a) Sade.
(b) Camus.
(c) Dostoyevsky.
(d) Bukanin.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what concept is metaphysical rebellion motivated by?

2. According to Part 2, what is the only religion that is present throughout history?

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

4. What two forms of rebellion are being considered in the book?

5. Who is a theoretician of Russian nihilism?

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