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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 4, Rousseau denounced a corruption of what in art by society?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Nature.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Nurture.

3. In Part 3, what alone kept Hitler alive?
(a) Politics.
(b) Action.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Money.

4. According to Camus in Part 5, the climax of every tragedy lies in the what of its heroes?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Handicap.
(c) Deafness.
(d) Thoughts.

5. The desire for what is another form of the desire to endure, according to Part 4?
(a) Reality.
(b) Possession.
(c) Religion.
(d) Passion.

6. According to Part 3, what does honor lay in?
(a) Power.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Religion.
(d) Money.

7. According to Part 4, Nietzsche said no artist tolerates what?
(a) Reality.
(b) Religion.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Rebellion.

8. Who does Fascism discover is the "master of death" in Part 3?
(a) Marx.
(b) Satan.
(c) God.
(d) Hitler.

9. In the hour of Hitler's defeat, he believed himself betrayed by who?
(a) His Rivals.
(b) His Family.
(c) His People.
(d) His God.

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

11. In Part 5, what does Camus say precedes death on the stage and in reality?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) War.
(c) Apology.
(d) A monologue.

12. According to revolution in Part 3, man is nothing if he does not obtain what?
(a) Unanimous approval.
(b) Money.
(c) Crime.
(d) Power.

13. What does the Reformation choose, according to Part 4?
(a) Power.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Morality.
(d) Logic.

14. The power to kill and degrade saves the soul from what in Part 3?
(a) Utter happiness.
(b) Utter elation.
(c) Utter emptiness.
(d) Utter saddness,

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Artistic creation is a demand for what in Part 4?

2. According to Camus in Part 5, what is the only way a rebel can reconcile himself with committing murder?

3. What writer does Camus say the French Revolution "gave birth" to?

4. What era followed the metaphysical and theological eras?

5. According to Camus in Part 3, what is one choosing when one chooses history?

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