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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What attitude can overcome all fate?
(a) Scorn.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Indolence.
(d) Diigence.

2. What does Oedipus' remark imply?
(a) That in certain circumstances, you might negotiate with the gods.
(b) That fate is a human matter, to be settled among men.
(c) That fate is decided prior to birth.
(d) That fate is cruel and will defeat you despite your pure nature.

3. 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.

4. Commonly, what concerns Dostoevsky's heroes?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) The morality of suicide.
(c) Whether or not love and loyalty can endure.
(d) Whether or not evil people should be permitted to live.

5. What assertions are always false?
(a) That humans are wise and invincible.
(b) That everything is invisible and nothing is true.
(c) That everything is true and that everything is false.
(d) That being is false and nothingness is inevitable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Discourses of Edification?

2. What is the main idea in the final paragraph of the essay 'The Myth of Sisyphus'?

3. What were the consequences of Sisyphus putting Death in chains?

4. How does a man define himself?

5. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

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