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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 comment does Camus make concerning suffering?
(a) It must be endured.
(b) It is ennobling.
(c) It is useless.
(d) It should be avoided.

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

3. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?
(a) Because we are afraid.
(b) To have the feling that 'underneath are the everlasting arms'.
(c) Only to obtain the impossible.
(d) Only to gain favors.

4. In what ways are the thinker and the artist alike?
(a) Both have total commitment to success.
(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 a tendency to reject expressionism.

5. What would make man feel alienated in the universe?
(a) The realization that the world that can no longer be explained comfortably.
(b) Realization that all work is futile.
(c) The recognition that the universe is infinite.
(d) Falling out with relatives and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the chief question pursued in THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?

2. What is important about an actor's fame?

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

4. What is meant by 'savoir-faire'?

5. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?

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