The author of the above passage was most associated with which of the following movements?

(A) Existentialism (B) Religious fundamentalism (C) New age syncretism (D) Liberation theologyExplanation: (A) This question tests historical interpretation. All of the worldviews listed belong to the quotation’s timeframe. But even without knowing the identity or prominence of Camus, it can be inferred from the speaker’s embrace of uncertainty—and his acceptance of the idea that he must find meaning on his own terms, without the comfort of knowing that life has an external meaning—that this is an existentialist essay.