The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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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 temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?
(a) The temptation to love.
(b) The temptation to be absurdy sentimental.
(c) The temptation to commit suicide.
(d) The temptation to explain.

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

3. How does a man define himself?
(a) By his politics and personal goals.
(b) By his taste in music and literature.
(c) By his make-believe as well as his sincere impulses.
(d) By his possessions.

4. What is the most harrowing passion of all?
(a) The recognition of absurdity.
(b) The experience of unrequited love.
(c) The facing of mortality.
(d) The recognition that death is inevitable.

5. Of what figurative device is: 'These are our nights of Gethsemane'?
(a) It is an illusion.
(b) It is an example of idiomatic phrasing.
(c) It is an example of decorative prose.
(d) It is a metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus, what makes the myth of Sisyphus tragic?

2. What is indicated when melancholy arises in the human heart?

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

4. What attitude can overcome all fate?

5. What sacrifice does Loyola say God rejoices in?

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