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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Myth of Sisyphus: Appendix: Hope and the Absurd in the Work of Franz Kafka.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality does Camus call 'the fatal evasion'?
(a) Hope.
(b) Despair.
(c) Mendacity.
(d) Faith.

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

3. How does Camus see Sisyphus vis-a-vis his fate?
(a) Sisyphus is superior to his fate.
(b) Sisyphus is a victim of playful gods.
(c) Sisyphus is crushed by the rock.
(d) Sisyphus is crushed by his fate.

4. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?
(a) Judging whether or not life is worth living.
(b) Judging the value of religion.
(c) The problem of human pain and suffering.
(d) Judging the value of actions.

5. In The Castle, what is significant about the character Amalia?
(a) She is a dwarf.
(b) She is the only character without hope.
(c) She is meant to be a representation of Helen of Troy.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is astonishing about eternal values?

2. What important factor limits human freedom?

3. What binds a man to the absurd?

4. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?

5. Which art and science have close affinity?

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