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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Christ die in Clamence's opinion?
(a) His lack of innocence
(b) He was weak
(c) He was a masochist
(d) He wanted to be famous

2. What part of the ship is Clamence on when he observes the dark speck?
(a) The upper deck
(b) The starboard
(c) The captain's cabin
(d) The lower deck

3. What does Clamence claim decides a person's guilt?
(a) The government
(b) The media
(c) Public opinion
(d) A judge

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

5. Why is Clamence chosen to be pope?
(a) He is nice to the young Frenchman
(b) He is is a complete failure
(c) No one else volunteers
(d) He has goodness

6. Who does Clamence talk about after his discussion about innocence and guilt?
(a) His best friend
(b) His mother
(c) Jesus Christ
(d) The auditor

7. What door does Clamence ask the auditor to open?
(a) The cupboard
(b) The wardrobe
(c) The kitchen
(d) The bedroom

8. What is the sky full of?
(a) Doves
(b) Planes
(c) Clouds
(d) Gulls

9. What does Clamence say he has a lack of?
(a) Ego
(b) Feelings
(c) Women
(d) Friends

10. Why does Clamence claim he is a Judge Pentinent?
(a) Because his father was
(b) Because he is funny
(c) Because of the hypocrisy of the world
(d) Because the world is unjust

11. 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

12. What does Clamence begin to wonder when he contracts liver disease?
(a) If he is a good person
(b) If he survive the day
(c) If his life was a waste
(d) If there is a god

13. How does Clamence celebrate the curing of his illness?
(a) A cruise
(b) A night of debauchery
(c) An expensive lunch
(d) A party

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

15. What does Clamence say happens to everybody he meets?
(a) They become an accomplice in his game
(b) They lose faith in themselves
(c) They fall in love with him
(d) They kill themslves

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the painting?

2. What does Clamence decide to join after the incident with the dog?

3. How does Clamence lose his position as pope?

4. Who painted the painting?

5. What age was the little ease employed?

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