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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Part 3, nihilists believed in nothing but what?
(a) Reason and reality.
(b) Reason and self-interest.
(c) Self-interest and religion.
(d) Reality and self-interest.

2. Fascism is an act of what in Part 3?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Power.
(c) History.
(d) Rebellion.

3. What problem does Nietzsche's philosophy revolve around?
(a) Nihilism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Rebellion.

4. Who, according to Camus in Part 2, committed the first act of rebellion?
(a) God.
(b) Satan.
(c) Cain.
(d) Abel.

5. By what concept is metaphysical rebellion motivated by?
(a) Absolute murder.
(b) Power.
(c) Universal truth.
(d) Complete unity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Reformation choose, according to Part 4?

2. According to Hezen in Part 3, "The annihilation of the past is the protection of" what?

3. According to Camus in Part 5, the climax of every tragedy lies in the what of its heroes?

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

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

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