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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom are the words 'Presumption, regression of progress' attributed?
(a) Heraclitus.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Helen.
(d) Hera.

2. According to Camus, what is tiresome about the human attitude to fate?
(a) It is unrealistic.
(b) We take credit for happiness, but blame fate for what crushes us.
(c) It hasn't changed in a thousand years.
(d) It tends to make us inactive.

3. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?
(a) Both have a tendency to reject expressionism.
(b) Both have a desire to influence the minds of others.
(c) Both thinker and artist have commitment and become themselves in their work.
(d) Both have total commitment to success.

4. How does Kafka express the absurd?
(a) Through tragedy.
(b) Through the logical.
(c) Through farce that is close to sentimentality.
(d) Through representations of everyday life.

5. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?
(a) Joseph K.
(b) K. M. Joseph.
(c) Michael K.
(d) Oscar W.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Castle, what is significant about the character Amalia?

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

3. Commonly, what concerns Dostoevsky's heroes?

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

5. From examining the text, what do we learn about Salamis?

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