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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing glorified by European thought?
(a) The art of war.
(b) The rule of monarchy.
(c) The beauty of the human form.
(d) The future rule of reason.

2. What is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?
(a) The validity of the Russian church.
(b) The existence of God.
(c) Sibling rivalry in the Russian middle class.
(d) Conflict over the emancipation of the Russian serfs.

3. What significant thing concerning Socrates does Camus refer to?
(a) He said that to the gods, humans are like flies to wanton boys.
(b) He said that what he did not know he did not claim to know.
(c) He said that money is the root of all evil.
(d) He said that the unexamined life is not worth living.

4. What is the role of Nemesis?
(a) To bring soothing sleep.
(b) To punish those who exceed their limits.
(c) To restore memory of past sins.
(d) To claim revenge.

5. What comment has Camus to make about Malraux?
(a) He is an unappreciated genius.
(b) His thought is bracing.
(c) His thought is inspirational and pure.
(d) His thought is confusingly expressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?

2. What is Camus' view concerning the idea that the artist can be detached from his work?

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

4. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?

5. In what way is the Ancient Greek idea of justice different from the modern European?

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