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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the narrator's former job?
(a) Publisher
(b) Lawyer
(c) Pilot
(d) Army officer

2. What does the Nazi soldier ask a mother?
(a) If she has a cigarette
(b) If she loves her sons
(c) If she wants to kill her child herself
(d) Which of her sons should be executed

3. What city are the two men in?
(a) Amsterdam
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Prague

4. What was the deus ex machina's role in a play?
(a) To pronouce its beginning
(b) To pronounce its end
(c) To save the maiden
(d) To kill the maiden

5. What does Clamence refer to his new companion as?
(a) A martyr
(b) A slave
(c) A mason
(d) A Sadduce

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clamence respect about the Dutch middle class?

2. What two passions do Parisians have?

3. Which of the following subjects does Clamence talk about as they walk?

4. What drink does Clamence talk lyrically about?

5. What was used to lower the deus ex machina on to the satge?

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