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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Part 4, what is artistic creation a rejection of?
(a) The nation.
(b) The world.
(c) The state.
(d) The locals.

2. According to Camus in Part 4, the world of Proust is nothing but what?
(a) Reality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Unity.
(d) Memory.

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

4. What is "more useful than Shakespeare" to Pisarev, according to Part 4?
(a) A shirt.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A hat.
(d) A pair of pants.

5. If rebellion is cut off from its origins, what does is oscillate between according to Camus in Part 5?
(a) Sacrifice and murder.
(b) Right and wrong.
(c) Suicide and murder.
(d) Crime and punishment.

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

7. According to revolutionary interpreters of Hegel, what will no longer exist in reconciled society?
(a) Art.
(b) Logic.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Government.

8. Who considers beauty more important than the world, according to Part 4?
(a) Plato.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Marx.
(d) Hitler.

9. In Part 3, all modern revolutions end in a reinforcement of the power of what?
(a) The Nation.
(b) God.
(c) The State.
(d) The People.

10. Artistic creation is a demand for what in Part 4?
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Respect.
(d) Unity.

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

12. In Part 3, Camus says revolution is an attempt to conquer what?
(a) A new existence.
(b) A new religion.
(c) History.
(d) Evil.

13. What does Camus think, in Part 3, the Fascist revolutions of the twentieth century lack?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Religion.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Universality.

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

15. What type of temple does Camus say nihilism builds in Part 3?
(a) Sade.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what writing does Camus think the "real greatness of Proust lies"?

2. In Part 5, Camus states that the extreme of nihilism is when blind and savage murder becomes what?

3. According to Camus in Part 5, what preaches a sermon on charity?

4. According to Camus in Part 3, Hitler's god was what?

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

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