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

2. According to Part 3, what is the "only logical consequence of metaphysical rebellion"?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Murder.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Nihilism.

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

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

5. What is, according to Part 2, in itself a sign of decadence?
(a) Moral conduct.
(b) Murder.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Nihilism.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What two forms of rebellion are being considered in the book?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is methodical negation as practiced by Nietzsche?

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

4. According to Camus in Part 5, what happens when rebellion is cut off from its origins?

5. According to Camus in Part Three, how did the nihilists give their successors a model?

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

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

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

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

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

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