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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer in Algiers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which art and science have close affinity?
(a) Fiction and physics.
(b) Music and mathematics.
(c) Music and kinesthetics.
(d) Painting and geometry.

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

3. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?
(a) Voltaire's mistress.
(b) A French philosopher.
(c) A French composer of operetta.
(d) A French actress.

4. Once, how were the condemned spared the sight of the scaffold?
(a) The condemned person was blindfolded.
(b) The condemned person walked backwards, with two priests assisting.
(c) Priests held a little painted screens in front of the condemned person's face.
(d) The execution chamber was never lit.

5. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?
(a) The temptation to love.
(b) The temptation to be absurdy sentimental.
(c) The temptation to explain.
(d) The temptation to commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Camus think is meaningless in Algeria?

2. What embodies 'a drama of the intelligence', according to Camus?

3. Why is it necessary to read a Kafka work twice?

4. What is indicated when melancholy arises in the human heart?

5. What does Camus suggest happens in bad novels?

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