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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Introduction, Sections 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes prophetic with Nietzsche in Part 2?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Nihilism.

2. In Camus' introduction, what does he say "remains an exception"?
(a) Passion.
(b) Love.
(c) Murder.
(d) Philosophy.

3. What is, according to Part 2, in itself a sign of decadence?
(a) Murder.
(b) Moral conduct.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Nihilism.

4. According to Camus in Part 2, a metaphysical rebel is inevitably what?
(a) An atheist.
(b) A blasphemer.
(c) A Marxist.
(d) A nihilist.

5. Camus says in Part 2 that who's negation is the most extreme?
(a) Sade.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Voltaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has to be alive in order to say life is absurd, according to the introduction?

2. According to Camus in Part 2, what "never has the patience to await complete control of the world?"

3. According to Part 3, monarchy wants to put what before justice?

4. According to Camus' introduction, what is rare?

5. According to Camus' introduction, to what is to judge?

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