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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 would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?
(a) Productive thought.
(b) Happy return.
(c) Vetinarary fees.
(d) Lively imagination.
2. What is a characteristic of wisdom?
(a) Being able to supply a rationale for any action.
(b) Living on what one has, not speculating about what one does not have.
(c) Living with faith and integrity and reserving judgement.
(d) Knowing when to take things on trust, as well as when not to.
3. What is Camus' attitude to genius?
(a) It is anti-democratic.
(b) It excuses nothing.
(c) It must be nurtured.
(d) It excuses everything.
4. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?
(a) The sacrifice of humility?
(b) The sacrifice of hope.
(c) The sacrifice of celibacy.
(d) The sacrifice of the intellect.
5. What comment of Nietzsche's does Camus make reference to near the beginning of the chapter on Philosophy and Fiction?
(a) 'Midway in life's journey we need to enter a dark wood.'
(b) 'Scattered thoughts can be both orderly and disorderly.'
(c) 'We have art in order not to die of the truth.'
(d) 'What does not destroy me makes me stronger.'
Short Answer Questions
1. What comment does Camus make concerning suffering?
2. What kind of thought is involved in the absurd?
3. Which famous Frenchwoman was self-reliant?
4. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
5. Who was Adrienne Lecouvreur?
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