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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the full name of the narrator?
(a) Jean-Michel Genet
(b) Albert Camus
(c) Fillipe Flaubert
(d) Jean-Baptiste Clamence

2. Which of the following subjects does Clamence talk about as they walk?
(a) Hitler's death
(b) Nazi genocide
(c) Communism
(d) Socialism

3. Why does the narrator leave his companion at the bridge?
(a) He sees a friend
(b) He is in a hurry
(c) He does not want the hotel owner to see him
(d) He never crosses bridges

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

5. Who does Clamence claim he used to act as an advocate for?
(a) Rich businessmen
(b) Single mothers
(c) His mafia family
(d) The desperate cases

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clamence say would happen if every criminal were sentenced?

2. What does Clamence think understanding is?

3. What does Clamence have a firm belief in?

4. What city are the two men in?

5. What does Clamence say we owe the dead?

(see the answer key)

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