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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the dark speck in reality?
(a) A fish
(b) A woman
(c) A piece of refuse
(d) A golf ball
2. Why did Christ die in Clamence's opinion?
(a) He was weak
(b) His lack of innocence
(c) He was a masochist
(d) He wanted to be famous
3. What is a little ease?
(a) A torture instrument
(b) A sex toy
(c) A young prostitute
(d) A fountain pen
4. What city was the metro in?
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Prague
(d) Tokoyo
5. What did Clamence want to achieve by killing himself?
(a) Make a political statement
(b) Get in the newspapers
(c) Make his mother feel guilty
(d) Play on the emotions of his friends
6. What does Clamence promise to do at the end of chapter 4?
(a) To seek help
(b) To define a judge penitent
(c) To go home
(d) To take the auditor to a bordello
7. Who painted the painting?
(a) Rembrandt
(b) His father
(c) Jan van Eyck
(d) Vincent Van Gogh
8. What does Clamence say women do in Greece?
(a) Go to the gym
(b) Work
(c) Gossip
(d) Stay at home
9. What does Clamence say he has a lack of?
(a) Women
(b) Feelings
(c) Ego
(d) Friends
10. What does Clamence claim the shop signs symbolize?
(a) Objectivity
(b) Capitalism
(c) Oppression
(d) Individualism
11. In what chapter did Clamence first mention the little ease?
(a) Chapter 2
(b) Chapter 3
(c) Chapter 4
(d) Chapter 1
12. When does Clamence say his fear of judgment was born?
(a) The night on the Pont du Art
(b) The incident with the motorcyclist
(c) The night on Pont Royal
(d) The day he was fired
13. What does Clamence claim decides a person's guilt?
(a) The media
(b) The government
(c) Public opinion
(d) A judge
14. What does Clamence continue to hear even in his forlorn state?
(a) His father's choice
(b) Laughter
(c) Screaming
(d) Crying
15. What does Clamence say he lacks in his relationships with women?
(a) Passion
(b) An understanding of love
(c) Sensitivity
(d) An understanding of women
Short Answer Questions
1. What part of the ship is Clamence on when he observes the dark speck?
2. What other torture apparatus does Clamence mention in this chapter?
3. Where is Clamence sent when he joins the French resistance?
4. What does Clamence say the underlying environment of the Dutch part of town is like?
5. What is the first stage of Clamence's argument?
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