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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who do the first mythologies describe as an "eternal martyr"?
(a) Prometheus.
(b) Eschylus.
(c) Satan.
(d) Zeus.

3. In Part 2's introduction, the most elementary form of rebellion expresses an aspiration to what?
(a) Murder.
(b) Order.
(c) Power.
(d) Values.

4. According to Camus in Part 3, what did Germany submit to when deprived of Goethe's morality?
(a) Religion of the gang.
(b) Money from the gang.
(c) Ethics of the gang.
(d) Politics of the rebels.

5. Violence is directed at one and all in the service of what?
(a) An unreasonable offer.
(b) An altrustic idea.
(c) An absolute value.
(d) An abstract idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Part 3, a revolution based on what kills God in His representative on Earth?

2. According to Part 3, what are a majority of revolutions shaped by?

3. Camus believes the longing for what "coincides with the acceptance of iniquity"?

4. According to Camus in Part 2, what is only useful for "adventures of the imagination"?

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

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