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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-Baptiste Clamence
(b) Albert Camus
(c) Fillipe Flaubert
(d) Jean-Michel Genet

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

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

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

5. What does Clamence think understanding is?
(a) Boring
(b) A waste of time
(c) A mediocre emotion
(d) The main stay of all relationships

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clamence see when he when he turn around?

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

3. What drink does Clamence talk lyrically about?

4. What two traitors does Clamence mention in this chapter?

5. What is the name of the bar?

(see the answer key)

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