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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. In Part 2, Camus states that the great problem of modern times is the discovery that rescuing man from destiny delivers him to what?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Murder.
(c) Chance.
(d) Suicide.

2. According to Part 3, nihilists believed in nothing but what?
(a) Reason and reality.
(b) Reality and self-interest.
(c) Self-interest and religion.
(d) Reason and self-interest.

3. In Part 3, what divides the sovereign?
(a) Lies.
(b) Religion.
(c) Government.
(d) Factions.

4. For Camus in Part 2, what is the history of rebellion inseparable from?
(a) Nihilism.
(b) Hitlerism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Greek mythology.

5. What is the only form of freedom for Stirner?
(a) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Egotism.
(d) Rebellion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Human rebellion ends in what, according to Part 2's introduction?

2. What is the guiding principle of this person's reasoning?

3. According to Part 1, remaining silent gives the appearance that one has no what?

4. What becomes prophetic with Nietzsche in Part 2?

5. In Part 3, total revolution ends by demanding control of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nietzsche see himself as the first complete nihilist of Europe?

2. Why must morality be destroyed, according to Camus in Part 2?

3. Why does Camus think Nietzsche attacked Christianity?

4. How does Camus define a rebel in Part 1?

5. What does Camus say is the real condemnation of the period in which we live in Part 5?

6. In Part 5, what does Camus say irrational and rational crime equally betray?

7. Why is rebellion forced to become revolutionary in the twentieth century?

8. What does Camus say is the reason why Hitler and his regime could not do away with their enemies?

9. According to Camus in Part 3, how did the nihilism of the 1860s begin?

10. How does Camus connect murder and suicide in the Introduction?

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