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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 does Camus claim are the two essential pleasures of local youth?
(a) Binge drinking and snappy dressing.
(b) Going to the movies with shiny shoes.
(c) Having their shoes shined, then displaying these on the boulevard.
(d) Getting their shoes shined and attracting girls.
2. What does Camus see as the one truly serious philosophical problem?
(a) Judging the value of religion.
(b) Judging the value of actions.
(c) The problem of human pain and suffering.
(d) Judging whether or not life is worth living.
3. According to Camus, what have 'the smell of the office clinging to them'?
(a) Our sordid little affairs.
(b) Our obligations.
(c) Our wretched tragedies.
(d) Our overcoats.
4. What status as a philosopher does Camus accord Plato?
(a) Primitive because he had not the benefit of our scientific knowledge.
(b) Acceptable, focussing on reason.
(c) Superior, all-encompassing.
(d) Acceptable, though biased.
5. What makes Algiers different from cities like Paris, Prague and Florence?
(a) Its buildings are predominantly of red granite.
(b) It has been settled since the ninth century B.C..
(c) It is not walled, but open.
(d) It is protected by levees and walls.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Camus, what is the most obvious symbol in The Trial?
2. With God dead, what remains?
3. At Belcourt, how have marriages been arranged?
4. For what does Camus criticize Oran?
5. According to Camus, what is the only way Iago can be understood?
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