View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Camus say people must stake everything on in Part 3?
(a) The religion.
(b) The renaissance.
(c) The book.
(d) The history.

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

3. According to Part 3, moral corruption is also what?
(a) Political corruption.
(b) Emotional corruption.
(c) Philosophical corruption.
(d) Religious corruption.

4. According to Part 3, what are a majority of revolutions shaped by?
(a) Power.
(b) Murder.
(c) Money.
(d) Religion.

5. Who, according to Part 3, pushed nihilism to the "farthest coherent point"?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Bakunin.
(c) Nechaiev.
(d) Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to this Russian theoretician, who are the greatest fanatics?

2. In Part 3, what is a "long and painful struggle in the darkness"?

3. According to Camus in Part 2, what is only useful for "adventures of the imagination"?

4. What type of temple does Camus say nihilism builds in Part 3?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 180 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample