Albert Camus — Questions and answers

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What did the philosopher Albert Camus call the unsettling experience of questioning life's meaning?

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  1. The Silence
  2. The Absurd ✓
  3. The Conflict
  4. The Question

Answer: The Absurd

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Who was Albert Camus talking with in the café about the Absurd?

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  1. A journalist
  2. His intellectual contemporary, Jean-Paul Sartre ✓
  3. A history professor
  4. A café owner

Answer: His intellectual contemporary, Jean-Paul Sartre

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What ancient Greek myth did Camus use to explain the Absurd?

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  1. The myth of Icarus
  2. The myth of Hercules
  3. The myth of Sisyphus ✓
  4. The myth of Medusa

Answer: The myth of Sisyphus

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What kind of 'revolt' did Camus's philosophy embrace as an answer to the absurd?

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  1. A violent revolution
  2. A constant, defiant stance against the world's unreason ✓
  3. A quiet surrender to fate
  4. A search for ultimate purpose in the universe

Answer: A constant, defiant stance against the world's unreason

From page 5

What philosophical label did Albert Camus famously reject, even though many associated him with it?

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  1. Absurdist
  2. Humanist
  3. Existentialist ✓
  4. Stoic

Answer: Existentialist

From page 7

According to Camus, what is the 'solution' to the Absurd?

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  1. Finding a universal meaning for everything
  2. Escaping the struggle of life
  3. An attitude of living in defiance, in solidarity, and with awareness of our limited time ✓
  4. Ignoring life's difficult questions

Answer: An attitude of living in defiance, in solidarity, and with awareness of our limited time

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