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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Identify the literary device Camus uses in: 'Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives'.
(a) The device is a metaphor.
(b) The device is personification.
(c) The device is an example of onomatopoeia.
(d) The device is an example of transubstantiation.

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

3. From what does the writer wish to liberate his universe?
(a) Its supernovae.
(b) Its absurdity.
(c) Its incoherence.
(d) Its phantoms.

4. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?
(a) Productive thought.
(b) Vetinarary fees.
(c) Lively imagination.
(d) Happy return.

5. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?
(a) 'Scattered thoughts can be both orderly and disorderly.'
(b) 'What does not destroy me makes me stronger.'
(c) 'Midway in life's journey we need to enter a dark wood.'
(d) 'We have art in order not to die of the truth.'

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the contrast between the historical and artistic spirits, according to Camus?

2. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

3. What is the role of Nemesis?

4. What has Camus to say about 'great revolutions'?

5. To whom are the words 'Presumption, regression of progress' attributed?

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