Chapter 47 Self Quiz

. Taylor claims that if the gods had implanted in Sisyphus an impulse to roll stones, they would have acted

wisely.

mercifully

cruelly.

impermissibly.

. According to Taylor, the most appalling feature of Sisyphus’s life is that

it involves very difficult labor.

it does not contain any variety.

his struggle comes to nothing.

it is filled with pain and devoid of pleasure.

. According to Taylor, the pictures of Sisyphus and of our own lives

are in outline the same.

are potentially separated by a vast gulf.

have little to do with one another.

are diametrically opposed.

. Taylor argues that the most desirable sort of meaning

comes from God.

comes from living morally.

is objective and rational.

is subjective and irrational.

. According to Taylor, the question of the meaning of life admits of no significant answer.

True

False

. According to Taylor, the most dreadful feature of Sisyphus’s life is that it is without meaning.

True

False

. According to Taylor, imagining Sisyphus’s task as relatively easy and his stone as relatively light diminishes the oppressive, dejecting quality of the myth.

True

False

. According to Taylor, an objectively meaningless existence can nevertheless have meaning for the one whose existence it is.

True

False

. According to Taylor, to have a meaningless task we irrationally enjoy would be more worthwhile than to have an objectively meaningful task we find uninteresting.

True

False

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