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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. At Belcourt, how have marriages been arranged?
(a) Through marriage brokers.
(b) Through exchanging peppermint lozenges.
(c) Through the mosque.
(d) Through exchanging golden rings.

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

3. According to Camus, what is the most obvious symbol in The Trial?
(a) Shame.
(b) A knife.
(c) Naturalness.
(d) An insect.

4. What common quality can be found in Kafka, Proust and Plotinus?
(a) Nostalgia for a lost paradise.
(b) Nostalgia for childhood.
(c) Pity for suffering.
(d) Rejection of paradise.

5. How does Camus find Sunday mornings in Algiers?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Boring.
(c) Sinister.
(d) Grand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the legendary Faust remembered for?

2. What is ridiculous about the writer who emulated Peregrinos?

3. What assertions are always false?

4. What would be a synonym for the phrase 'fecund rumination' (p. 93 of the Penguin Edition)?

5. What is important about an actor's fame?

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