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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 did Goethe call for when on his deathbed?
(a) 'Eine kleine pause.'
(b) Light.
(c) Water.
(d) Peace and quiet.

2. How does Camus describe today's society?
(a) As laissez-faire.
(b) As potentially communist.
(c) As disordered.
(d) As overly regulated.

3. What does the name Chenoua refer to?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A type of Berber carpet.
(c) A pre-Islamic goddess.
(d) The harbor at Algiers.

4. Who calls out 'Want a ride, sister?' to pretty girls?
(a) Undertakers.
(b) Taxi drivers.
(c) Bus drivers.
(d) Perverts.

5. What technique is employed by philosophical novelists?
(a) They use characters as mouthpieces for their philosophy.
(b) They use imagery rather than argument to convey their ideas.
(c) They often construct their novels as conversations.
(d) They write with heavy didacticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which art and science have close affinity?

2. What does Camus say is foreign to us today?

3. What symbol does Camus associate with oppression?

4. What can an artist do in the world of today?

5. What should be the response to subterfuge?

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