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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disallows Frenchmen from walking hand in hand?
(a) Women
(b) Decorum
(c) The government
(d) Ego

2. What does Clamence observe on the surface of the water?
(a) A human foot
(b) A whale
(c) A dark speck
(d) His trousers

3. Where is Clamence sent when he joins the French resistance?
(a) North Africa
(b) East Europe
(c) Italy
(d) South Asia

4. Where did the painting once hang?
(a) Buckingham Palace
(b) The Mexico City bar
(c) The national gallery
(d) Windsor Castle

5. How many subjects has Clamence got to deal with before he tackles the judge pentinent?
(a) Two
(b) Eight
(c) Four
(d) One

6. What does the young man want the prison pope to be elected for?
(a) His failings
(b) His height
(c) His skill at ping pong
(d) His ugliness

7. Whose company does Clamence say he removes himself from?
(a) Women
(b) Men
(c) Family
(d) Criminals

8. What does Clamence suffer from?
(a) Asthma
(b) Malaria
(c) Flu
(d) Menses

9. What do jailers do to a person in the spitting cell?
(a) Spit on them
(b) Pull their hair
(c) Gouge their eyes
(d) Throw hot coffee in their face

10. Who painted the painting?
(a) Vincent Van Gogh
(b) Rembrandt
(c) His father
(d) Jan van Eyck

11. When does Clamence say his fear of judgment was born?
(a) The incident with the motorcyclist
(b) The night on Pont Royal
(c) The night on the Pont du Art
(d) The day he was fired

12. What does Clamence say is the goal of living?
(a) To avoid punishment
(b) To get to heaven
(c) To avoid judgement
(d) To fall in love

13. Where does Clamence see the dog?
(a) On the metro
(b) In his hotel
(c) On a metro platform
(d) In a bus

14. What does Clamence say the underlying environment of the Dutch part of town is like?
(a) Gray, wet and devoid of people
(b) Quiet and shy
(c) Humorous and quaint
(d) A criminal wasteland

15. What kind of love does the woman Clamence falls in love with believe in?
(a) Love for animals
(b) Love found in romance novels
(c) Violent love
(d) Love for mankind

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clamence think shows in every face?

2. What does Clamence assure the auditor the boat is doing?

3. What happens to a person's body when they are in the little ease?

4. What is Clamence too self obsessed to do?

5. What does Clamence continue to hear even in his forlorn state?

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