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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is indicated when melancholy arises in the human heart?
(a) Counsellig with a psychiatrist.
(b) The rock's victory.
(c) The need for positive thinking and better prioritizing.
(d) Suicidal depression.

2. What is a consequence of love?
(a) Marriage and children.
(b) The stronger the love, the stronger the absurdity.
(c) The stronger the love, the less absurd it is.
(d) It is impossible to assess because every relationship is different.

3. What common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?
(a) Rejection of paradise.
(b) Pity for suffering.
(c) Nostalgia for childhood.
(d) Nostalgia for a lost paradise.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What significant thing concerning Socrates does Camus refer to?

2. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

3. Which city is Oran's rival?

4. What is the role of Nemesis?

5. Who are 'the handmaids of justice'?

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