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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an example of the use of power Clamence talks about?
(a) Communication
(b) Hate
(c) Love
(d) Hypnosis

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

3. Who wrote Inferno?
(a) John Milton
(b) Dante
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Albert Camus

4. Who does Clamence claim he waits for in Mexico City?
(a) Americans
(b) Displaced Europeans
(c) A friend
(d) Lonely women

5. Where does Clamence claim Amsterdam's denizens inhabit?
(a) Ancient Rome
(b) Ancient Greece
(c) Ancient Egypt
(d) Indonesia

6. What does Clamence want the auditor's sign to summarize?
(a) His feelings
(b) His life
(c) His looks
(d) His character

7. What does Clamence say he is guilty of?
(a) Passion
(b) Hate
(c) Passivity
(d) Aggression

8. What does Clamence compare Amsterdam's canals to?
(a) Angels guarding heaven's gate
(b) The circles of hell
(c) Medieval castles
(d) Neverending love

9. What should a master exercise power without?
(a) Love
(b) Ostentation
(c) Chains
(d) A whip

10. What does Clamence claim a servant should serve with?
(a) A smile
(b) A beady eye
(c) A serious expression
(d) A scowl

11. What does Clamence suggests happens when he climbs to great heights?
(a) He becomes king
(b) He falls in love
(c) He falls
(d) He loses his integrity

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

13. Why does someone in the crowd attack Clamence?
(a) To stop him from talking to his wife
(b) To shut him up
(c) To force him to leave
(d) To stop him from attacking the motor cyclist

14. What does Clamence see when he when he turn around?
(a) A child
(b) Nothing
(c) A red balloon
(d) His dead father

15. What does Clamence refer to himself as?
(a) A deus ex machina
(b) A philosopher
(c) A Jekyl and Hyde
(d) A fool

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Clamence father do for a living?

2. What city does Clamence compare Amsterdam with?

3. What does Clamence accuse the Dutch of being?

4. What would be the motto on Clamence's sign?

5. What does Clamence say he is constantly attached to?

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