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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Myth of Sisyphus: Absurd Creation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is astonishing about eternal values?
(a) They transcend cultural factors.
(b) They survive wars and other conflicts.
(c) That they exist at all.
(d) The very fact that they exist without reference to God.

2. Who believed that 'to kill God is to become god oneself'?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Both Kirilov and Onegin.
(c) Both Kirilov and Nietzsche.
(d) Both Kirkegaard and Camus.

3. What assertions are always false?
(a) That being is false and nothingness is inevitable.
(b) That humans are wise and invincible.
(c) That everything is invisible and nothing is true.
(d) That everything is true and that everything is false.

4. In what way are people's minds related?
(a) Through common contradictions.
(b) Through common beliefs and visions.
(c) Through the collective unconscious.
(d) Through common purpose.

5. What has been the focus of don Juan's existence?
(a) Avoiding conflict.
(b) Absurd escapades.
(c) Self-actualization.
(d) Short-lived joys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Camus' attitude to genius?

2. What is a consequence of love?

3. How does Camus classify regret?

4. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?

5. What is the most harrowing passion of all?

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