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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 the introduction, what is it always possible to do?
(a) To delegate murder.
(b) To commit crime.
(c) To act illogically.
(d) To act reasonably.

2. According to Part 3, what is limited in scope by its nature?
(a) Religion.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Crime.

3. What two forms of rebellion are being considered in the book?
(a) Metaphyiscal and historical.
(b) Power and pain.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Murder and suicide.

4. At the end of Part 2, what does man add to irrational crimes?
(a) Crimes of passion.
(b) Crimes of reason.
(c) Crimes of religion.
(d) Crimes of logic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Camus' introduction, one purpose is to find out if what can avoid committing murder?

2. By what concept is metaphysical rebellion motivated by?

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

4. According to Part 3, what naturally establishes the Republic of law and order?

5. According to Part 2, what is a "degenerate form of Christianity"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marx believe beauty created by the Greeks was still considered beautiful?

2. According to Camus in Part 4, what must man do in order to create beauty?

3. How does the revolution Camus references have the same meaning as revolution as referenced in astronomy?

4. According to Camus' Introduction, with what is ideology today concerned?

5. What is the purpose of Camus' essay as outlined in the Introduction?

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

7. According to Camus in Part 3, what have all modern revolutions ended in?

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

9. Why are the crimes of the Hitler regime without precedent in history, according to Camus in Part 3?

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

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