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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Clamence have an argument with?
(a) A woman on a dead horse
(b) A man on a stalled motorcycle
(c) His wife
(d) His brother

2. What does Clamence say would happen if every criminal were sentenced?
(a) Everyone would presume themselves innocent
(b) Society would be soulless
(c) We would live in Utopia
(d) There would be no crime

3. Why does Clamence decide to keep only the company of women?
(a) To find a wife
(b) To rediscover his passion
(c) To raise his spirits
(d) To develop his feminine side

4. What does Clamence say he lacks in his relationships with women?
(a) Passion
(b) An understanding of love
(c) An understanding of women
(d) Sensitivity

5. Why does the young woman kill herself?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) She has been accused of murder
(c) Her child is killed
(d) Clamence does not want her

Short Answer Questions

1. In what chapter did Clamence first mention the little ease?

2. What does Clamence say he can no longer bear?

3. What is a little ease?

4. What does Clamence claim would be true happiness for him?

5. What does Clamence think understanding is?

(see the answer key)

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