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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 3, the will of the people is the expression of what?
(a) Universal reason.
(b) Religion.
(c) Nihilistic rebellion.
(d) Moral conduct.

2. According to Camus in Part 2, what "never has the patience to await complete control of the world?"
(a) Law of power.
(b) Law of conflict.
(c) Law of religion.
(d) Law of murder.

3. What concept does Nietzsche encounter?
(a) Absurdity.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Hitlerism.
(d) Atheism.

4. At the end of Part 2, what does man add to irrational crimes?
(a) Crimes of logic.
(b) Crimes of reason.
(c) Crimes of passion.
(d) Crimes of religion.

5. According to Part 3, what is limited in scope by its nature?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) Religion.
(d) Crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Part 2's introduction, the "movement by which man protests against his condition and against the whole of creation" is called what?

2. In Part 2, the maximum of enjoyment coincides with the maximum of what?

3. Who, according to Part 3, pushed nihilism to the "farthest coherent point"?

4. What was one of the first groups of Russian revolutionaries?

5. With Nietzsche in Part 2, what is no longer a revenge?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Camus in Part 4, what is the achievement of truly great creative artists?

2. What does every act of rebellion express, according to Camus in Part 3's Introduction?

3. Why are the crimes of the Hitler regime without precedent in history, according to Camus in Part 3?

4. According to Camus in Part 5, what is the only way a rebel has of reconciling himself with his act of murder?

5. Why does Camus think Nietzsche attacked Christianity?

6. In Part 5, what does Camus say irrational and rational crime equally betray?

7. According to Camus in Part 3, how did the nihilism of the 1860s begin?

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

9. According to Camus in Part 3, what coincides with the acceptance of iniquity?

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

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