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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. How is Oedipus' fate announced?
(a) By means of a letter device.
(b) As a result of gossip.
(c) Supernaturally.
(d) Superbly.

2. What does Camus claim is different about his discussion of suicide?
(a) It is easier to read than most works of philosophy.
(b) His views have been formed after conducting many interviews.
(c) His attitude to it is more sympathetic.
(d) He sees it as an individual matter, not purely a social one.

3. What assertions are always false?
(a) That everything is true and that everything is false.
(b) That being is false and nothingness is inevitable.
(c) That humans are wise and invincible.
(d) That everything is invisible and nothing is true.

4. What argument does Camus dismiss as 'a matter of profound indifference'?
(a) Whether or not the Bible is literally true.
(b) Whether or not the earth revolves around the sun.
(c) The absurd dilemma.
(d) The ontological argument.

5. What is different about Tipasa now?
(a) It has been restored.
(b) It has been settled by homeless people.
(c) It has been fenced in.
(d) It is surrounded by barbed wire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is the Ancient Greek idea of justice different from the modern European?

2. What trees grow above the city?

3. What has been the focus of don Juan's existence?

4. What is Camus' attitude to genius?

5. What had changed Camus' life in September, 1939?

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