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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 the introduction, if nothing is true or false or good or bad, man's guiding principle is to demonstrate that he is what?
(a) Weak.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Logical.
(d) Absurd.

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

3. According to Camus in Part 2, what is only useful for "adventures of the imagination"?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) Nihilism.
(d) Christianity.

4. According to the introduction, what is the only creature that refuses to be what it is?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Horses.
(c) Fish.
(d) Man.

5. What was one of the first groups of Russian revolutionaries?
(a) The Nazis.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Decemberists.
(d) The Rebels.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Part 3, destroying everything pledges oneself to build without what?

2. In Part 3, Bakunin was the only one of his contemporaries to declare war on what?

3. According to Camus, we are living in an era of what and perfect crime?

4. What is the only evidence given to Camus within the terms of the absurdist experience?

5. According to Camus in Part 3, what happened to those who talked about the immortality of the soul?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 5, Camus explains the ambition for the desire for justice is what?

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

3. In Part 5, Camus says rebels want what to be recognized?

4. According to Camus in Part 3, how does a revolution based on principles destroy God?

5. Why is freedom the "motivating principle of all revolutions," according to Camus in Part 3?

6. What is Sade's idea of God that Camus says Sade created for himself?

7. What does Camus say is the real condemnation of the period in which we live in Part 5?

8. According to Camus in Part 4, what is artistic creation?

9. What happens to those that rush to history proclaiming it is meaningless, according to Camus in Part 3?

10. What is the purpose of Camus' essay as outlined in the Introduction?

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