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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 ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?
(a) He thought the name would make him a great travel writer, but he failed.
(b) The writer suicided in despair and his relatives benefited hugely from the royalties.
(c) The writer suicided so his book would be noticed, but the book was no good.
(d) He tried to commit suicide by drowning in the Seine, but could not sink.

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

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

4. Why is it necessary to read a Kafka work twice?
(a) In order to savor the beauty of his writing.
(b) There is a double possibility of interpretation.
(c) There are complex relationships and a host of characters.
(d) His prose is very dense.

5. What status as a philosopher does Camus accord Plato?
(a) Acceptable, focussing on reason.
(b) Acceptable, though biased.
(c) Primitive because he had not the benefit of our scientific knowledge.
(d) Superior, all-encompassing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Goethe call for when on his deathbed?

2. What significant thing concerning Socrates does Camus refer to?

3. What information do we have about Sisyphus in the underworld?

4. What is the alternative title for The Minotaur?

5. What are the condemned man's last words?

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