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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. According to Camus, what have 'the smell of the office clinging to them'?
(a) Our sordid little affairs.
(b) Our obligations.
(c) Our wretched tragedies.
(d) Our overcoats.

2. What do Arabs sell for five sous?
(a) Camels.
(b) Golden bangles.
(c) Roast chestnuts.
(d) Iced lemonade.

3. What had changed Camus' life in September, 1939?
(a) War.
(b) Marriage.
(c) His belief that God was dead.
(d) The birth of his twin children.

4. What is paradoxical about Algiers?
(a) It is on the sea, but inaccessible to shipping.
(b) It gives a man both pleasure and misery.
(c) There is lots of sunlight, yet the place resembles a grim fortress.
(d) It contains both cathedrals and mosques.

5. Of what does Camus accuse the Marxists?
(a) Rejecting the reality of human nature.
(b) Supporting harsh rule.
(c) Failing to take a firmer stand.
(d) Giving in to the theists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the writer choose never to do?

2. What status as a philosopher does Camus accord Plato?

3. Who are 'the handmaids of justice'?

4. What does Camus describe as 'sheer madness'?

5. What is different about Tipasa now?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, according to Camus, is paradoxical about the crowded city of Oran, and crowded cities in general?

2. What must modern man do if he is to recapture the mindset of Ancient Greece and be truly civilized?

3. What is suggested about the Algiers community by Camus' reference to the colors seen on the beaches in summer?

4. Explain the attraction the desert has for thinking human beings.

5. What technique does Camus use to convey the impression that Tipasa is a peaceful and happy place?

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

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

8. What is the overall impression the reader has of Oran and its people?

9. Why do you think Camus calls nudists 'those Protestants of the flesh'?

10. To what do love, peace and beauty form the antidote?

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