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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Helen's Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Oedipus' fate announced?
(a) Supernaturally.
(b) Superbly.
(c) By means of a letter device.
(d) As a result of gossip.

2. According to Camus, what have 'the smell of the office clinging to them'?
(a) Our overcoats.
(b) Our sordid little affairs.
(c) Our wretched tragedies.
(d) Our obligations.

3. In what way is the Ancient Greek idea of justice different from the modern European?
(a) The Greeks believed in divine inspiration to set limits; Europeans rely on committees.
(b) The Ancient Greeks used ostracism; Europeans use execution.
(c) The Greeks were concerned with limitation, but for modern Europeans justice is seen as something total.
(d) For the Ancient Greeks, punishment could be meted out by the gods; Europeans use the courts of law.

4. From examining the text, what do we learn about Salamis?
(a) That it was a city overrun by barbarians.
(b) That barbarians lived there.
(c) That it was a lost text.
(d) That is was a sea battle.

5. With God dead, what remains?
(a) Chaos and warfare.
(b) An erratic universe.
(c) History and power.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kafka express the absurd?

2. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?

3. What is the hero's great fear following his transformation?

4. What 'two worlds' does Kafka present in his novels?

5. Who believed that 'to kill God is to become god oneself'?

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