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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Camus summarize the actor's art?
(a) As the ability to simulate absolutely.
(b) As an absurd illusion.
(c) As the ability to represent faithfully.
(d) As dangerous counterfeit.

2. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
(a) By playing him.
(b) By thorough analysis of the text.
(c) Through an understanding of Venetian military structure.
(d) In terms of the absurd.

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

4. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?
(a) The sacrifice of hope.
(b) The sacrifice of celibacy.
(c) The sacrifice of the intellect.
(d) The sacrifice of humility?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which philosopher claims that anxiety is at the source of everything?

2. What phenomenon can humans have no experience of?

3. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?

4. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

5. What is the prime interest of everyday man?

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