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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Camus in Part 4, what does the American novel reject?
(a) Truth.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) Analysis.
(d) Fiction.

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

3. In the Introduction, what does Camus say criminals use as an alibi?
(a) Premeditation.
(b) Logic.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Passion.

4. What must be subdued for Christians and Marxists, according to Part 3?
(a) Nature.
(b) Nurture.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

5. What does Marx believe people have a nostalgia for, according to Part 4?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Art.
(d) Adulthood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camus say people must stake everything on in Part 3?

2. Fascism is an act of what in Part 3?

3. In Part 3, Camus says revolution is an attempt to conquer what?

4. Who is a theoretician of Russian nihilism?

5. According to Part 3, what are the two contemporary forms of nihilism?

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