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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Artist and His Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prime interest of everyday man?
(a) The Darwinian drive to procreate the species.
(b) Study and personal growth.
(c) Himself and his potentialities.
(d) The world and what he can get out of it.

2. Why does Chestov think we turn to God?
(a) Only to obtain the impossible.
(b) Only to gain favors.
(c) Because we are afraid.
(d) To have the feling that 'underneath are the everlasting arms'.

3. What does Camus believe is a necessity?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Rule and order.
(c) A covenant binding all to a common law.
(d) Rule by a meritocracy.

4. What comment does Camus make about Greek tragedy?
(a) It is rich in lessons.
(b) It is too culturally specific to be useful.
(c) It is obscure, hard to comprehend.
(d) It is over-estimated.

5. According to Camus, what is an important relationship between The Trial and The Castle?
(a) The Trial shows us the end of life and The Castle shows us Heaven.
(b) The novels have the same central character and each is based on a play by Shakespeare.
(c) The Trial presents a problem which The Castle partly solves.
(d) Both novels have a hedonistic main character who denies theism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist in The Trial?

2. What does Oedipus' remark imply?

3. What factors ought to underpin discussion of the meaning of life?

4. What temptation does Camus suggest is hardest to overcome?

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

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