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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, the maximum of enjoyment coincides with the maximum of what?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Love.

2. In Camus' introduction, what does he say "remains an exception"?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Murder.
(c) Passion.
(d) Love.

3. Human rebellion ends in what, according to Part 2's introduction?
(a) Historical rebellion.
(b) Metaphysical revolution.
(c) Hitlerism.
(d) Nihilism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the first mythologies describe as an "eternal martyr"?

2. By what concept is metaphysical rebellion motivated by?

3. According to Part 3, what naturally establishes the Republic of law and order?

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

5. What does Part 3 focus on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is methodical negation as practiced by Nietzsche?

2. How does the revolution Camus references have the same meaning as revolution as referenced in astronomy?

3. What does Stirner believe is the only form of freedom and only truth?

4. Why must morality be destroyed, according to Camus in Part 2?

5. How does nihilism begin to build a temple of Caesar, according to Camus in Part 3?

6. According to Camus in Part 3, how does every form of contempt establish Fascism?

7. What does Camus say in Part 5 is the consequence of rebellion?

8. What does Camus identify in Part 3 as the conclusions of individualism in revolt?

9. Why did Marx believe beauty created by the Greeks was still considered beautiful?

10. According to Camus in Part 4, what must man do in order to create beauty?

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