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Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Camus writes '. . . like red beasts', he is using which literary device?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Simile.
(c) Idiom.
(d) Personification.

2. What binds a man to the absurd?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) His sentient nature regarding death.
(d) His consciousness of it.

3. In summer, what happens to Algiers?
(a) It is subject to extremes of weather.
(b) It fills with eager tourists.
(c) Pilgrims arrive and accommodation is stretched.
(d) It becomes deserted.

4. What comment does Camus make about Greek tragedy?
(a) It is over-estimated.
(b) It is obscure, hard to comprehend.
(c) It is too culturally specific to be useful.
(d) It is rich in lessons.

5. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?
(a) They often construct their novels as conversations.
(b) They use imagery rather than argument to convey their ideas.
(c) They write with heavy didacticism.
(d) They use characters as mouthpieces for their philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Camus see Sisyphus vis-a-vis his fate?

3. What does Camus describe as 'sheer madness'?

4. What has been the focus of don Juan's existence?

5. What status does Camus give Sisyphus?

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