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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clamence tell his companion to take advantage of?
(a) The free hotel breakfast
(b) The local prostitutes
(c) His company
(d) The lack of security in the hotel

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

3. What does Clamence believe is necessary?
(a) Marriage
(b) Slavery
(c) Love
(d) Hate

4. What does Clamence respect about the Dutch middle class?
(a) Their morals
(b) Their high ideas
(c) Their arrogance
(d) Their business sense

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the young woman kill herself?

2. How does Clamence show his power when it comes to women?

3. What does Clamence refer to himself as?

4. What does Clamence claim his occupation is?

5. What does Clamence suggests happens when he climbs to great heights?

(see the answer key)

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