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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clamence say he is at the end of the chapter?
(a) Innocent of his sins
(b) A modern prophet
(c) A lost soul
(d) A modern tyrant

2. Who does the girl want to punish when she kills herself?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her father
(c) Her boyfriend
(d) Her brother

3. What door does Clamence ask the auditor to lock?
(a) The bedroom door
(b) The kitchen door
(c) The wardrobe door
(d) The cabinet door

4. What does the mention of the little ease provoke Clamence to talk about next?
(a) The financial market
(b) Misunderstandings
(c) Love and marriage
(d) Innocence and guilt

5. 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

6. Who does Clamence want to vilify?
(a) The people he once defended
(b) The French prime minister
(c) The royal family
(d) His family

7. What does Clamence attempt to do when he sees the dog?
(a) Kick it
(b) Call it
(c) Feed it
(d) Run away

8. How does Clamence lose his position as pope?
(a) He confesses his sins
(b) He becomes an atheist
(c) He drinks the water of a dying man
(d) He lies

9. What does Clamence continue to hear even in his forlorn state?
(a) Laughter
(b) Crying
(c) Screaming
(d) His father's choice

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

11. What does Clamence write poetry about?
(a) Virtues of things he once thought awful
(b) Athesists
(c) The Arabs
(d) The affect of God on his life

12. Who does Clamence say he now possesses as accomplishes
(a) The Dutch
(b) Women
(c) The human race
(d) Expatriots

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

14. Who takes Clamence hostage in Tunisia?
(a) Italians
(b) Tunisian police
(c) Russians
(d) Germans

15. Why must the doves remain in the sky?
(a) They need to observe
(b) There is nowhere to land
(c) They don't want to die
(d) They need to protect

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the painting?

2. Why did Christ die in Clamence's opinion?

3. What is Clamence too self obsessed to do?

4. What does Clamence say women do in Greece?

5. What does Clamence claim the shop signs symbolize?

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