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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Helen's Exile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Camus' attitude to genius?
(a) It is anti-democratic.
(b) It must be nurtured.
(c) It excuses nothing.
(d) It excuses everything.

2. As Camus describes it, the impression one has of the setting for the boxing boxing match is _______________.
(a) Well-organized.
(b) Exciting and dangerous.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Squalid and crowded.

3. Why are European cemeteries hideous?
(a) People beautify what they love, not what they hate--and they hate death.
(b) They are not maintained properly.
(c) They are badly planned.
(d) Only poor art-work and sculpture is used.

4. With what did Socrates' life end.
(a) A confessional poem.
(b) A true confession.
(c) A confession of ignorance.
(d) A confession of faith.

5. Of what do the freighters from Norway smell?
(a) Wine.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Wood.
(d) Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?

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

3. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?

4. What is Camus' view concerning the idea that the artist can be detached from his work?

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

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