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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two forms of rebellion are being considered in the book?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Murder and suicide.
(c) Power and pain.
(d) Metaphyiscal and historical.

2. In what writing does Camus think the "real greatness of Proust lies"?
(a) Communist Manifesto.
(b) Remembrance of Things Past.
(c) Time Regained.
(d) The Stranger.

3. According to Part 4, what is the most ambitious of the arts?
(a) Painting.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Singing.
(d) Writing.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Camus believe is as "universal as science"?

3. According to Part 3, prophecy functions on what type of basis?

4. According to Camus in Part 4, what does the American novel reject?

5. According to Camus' introduction, to what is to judge?

(see the answer key)

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