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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be the motto on Clamence's sign?
(a) You saw it here first
(b) Don't sniff it
(c) Don't rely on it
(d) Love it and hate it

2. Which word best describes Clamence?
(a) Atheist
(b) Jock
(c) Egotist
(d) Virtuous

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

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

5. What kind of problem does Clamence confess to?
(a) A socital problem
(b) A sex problem
(c) A family problem
(d) A psychological and physical problem

6. What does Clamence not want the women he is with to do?
(a) Kiss him
(b) Hate him
(c) Love him
(d) Tickle him

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

8. Where does Clamence walk the auditor to?
(a) His boat
(b) His hotel
(c) A brothel
(d) A restaurant

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

10. What does Clamence say his own sign would look like?
(a) A two face Janus
(b) Hell's flames
(c) Both his mother and father
(d) Jack on the Beanstalk

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

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

13. What does the narrator call the barman?
(a) A cheeky monkey
(b) A worthy ape
(c) A man of fun
(d) A huggable bear

14. What does Clamence claim would be true happiness for him?
(a) Seven virgins
(b) Women waiting on him
(c) A non existent sex drive
(d) Eight wives

15. What is significant about Clamence's smile in this chapter?
(a) It is the first sign of his madness
(b) It shows his evil intent
(c) It shows he loves only himself
(d) It is the first suggestion of self dout

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Clamence gesture to in the bar?

2. What does Clamence feel when the young woman kills herself?

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

4. What drink does Clamence talk lyrically about?

5. What does Clamence believe his story illustrates?

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