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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. According to Part 3, what are the two contemporary forms of nihilism?
(a) Individual and national.
(b) Local and state.
(c) Individual and state.
(d) State and national.

2. Nietzsche cannot separate what from lucidity?
(a) Real morality.
(b) Methodical doubt.
(c) Metaphysical rebellion.
(d) Moral conduct.

3. According to Camus' introduction, to what is to judge?
(a) Think.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Love.
(d) Murder.

4. In the introduction, what is it always possible to do?
(a) To act illogically.
(b) To delegate murder.
(c) To act reasonably.
(d) To commit crime.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, what does Camus say criminals use as an alibi?

2. According to this Russian theoretician, who are the greatest fanatics?

3. According to Part 3, Saint-Just is a contemporary of whom?

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

5. In Camus' introduction, what does he say "remains an exception"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is rebellion forced to become revolutionary in the twentieth century?

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

4. Why did rebelling against nature equal rebelling against oneself for the ancients?

5. Why did Nietzsche see himself as the first complete nihilist of Europe?

6. How does Pisarev declare war on philosophy, art, erroneous ethics, religion, and more?

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

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

9. According to Camus in Part 5, what happens at the climax of contemporary tragedy?

10. Why does Camus believe art should provide a final perspective on rebellion's content?

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