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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of travel did Camus use to reach Tipasa?
(a) Local taxi.
(b) Train.
(c) Bus.
(d) Car.

2. To what is the romantic attracted?
(a) The idea of God in history and the epic nature of humankind's struggle to survive morally.
(b) Epic struggles between the individual and the state.
(c) Popular fiction.
(d) History, epic and a miraculous event at the end of time.

3. What is meant by 'quixotism'?
(a) Having the quality of the visionary or the romantic.
(b) Moving very quickly.
(c) Being generally unreliable and untrustworthy.
(d) The belief in the miracles of Don Quixote.

4. What comment does Camus make about Greek thought?
(a) It never carried things to extremes.
(b) It could be our inspiration, if translated.
(c) It wasn't balanced.
(d) It took too little account of feelings.

5. What does Camus say is foreign to us today?
(a) The simple nobility of Ulysses.
(b) The guiles and temptations of Calypso.
(c) A sense of fair play.
(d) Compassion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which groups of people exchange positions rapidly in this changed world?

2. What kind of role is that of the witness?

3. What is the contrast between the historical and artistic spirits, according to Camus?

4. What do all struggles need?

5. As Camus describes it, the impression one has of the setting for the boxing boxing match is _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What lies 'beyond the yellow walls of Oran'?

2. What has Camus to say about the shops in Oran?

3. In what way did the philosopher Socrates demonstrate his lack of intellectual arrogance?

4. What does Camus take away from his visit to Tipasa?

5. In what respects does Camus state that Algiers is capable of gratifying every human wish?

6. Can the artist remain aloof from the world he comments upon, depicts and criticizes?

7. What attitudes and feelings does Camus convey to the reader in the opening paragraphs of his essay 'Return to Tipasa'?

8. What is peculiar about the built environment of Oran, according to Camus?

9. In what way is Camus' comments about Algerian youth tempered by sadness?

10. Comment on the title of the essay 'Helen's Exile'.

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