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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 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

2. What does Clamence accuse the Dutch of being?
(a) Ignorant
(b) Witless
(c) Arrogant
(d) Humorless

3. How does Clamence have the ability to judge average society?
(a) He is well educated
(b) He is an outsider
(c) He have lived with all classes
(d) He is above them

4. What does Clamence claim his occupation is?
(a) Writer
(b) Doctor
(c) Lawyer
(d) Judge penitent

5. What question does the first line of this chapter ask?
(a) Why is the bar called Mexico City?
(b) Who is the auditor?
(c) What is a judge-penitent?
(d) Where is Amsterdan?

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Clamence claim he used to act as an advocate for?

2. What kind of soldier does Clamence tell a story about?

3. Where does Clamence say he is obliged to live?

4. In what book is the circles of hell described?

5. What does Clamence refer to his new companion as?

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