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

2. When did Clamence first realize he had no friends?
(a) When he tried to kill himself
(b) When he needed money
(c) When he ran the Paris marathon
(d) When he was in hospital

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

4. What is a little ease?
(a) A fountain pen
(b) A torture instrument
(c) A sex toy
(d) A young prostitute

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

6. What does Clamence turn to in an attempt to rediscover his enthusiasm?
(a) Literature
(b) Yoga
(c) Debauchery
(d) Religion

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

8. What is the dark speck in reality?
(a) A golf ball
(b) A woman
(c) A fish
(d) A piece of refuse

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

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

11. What is the girl's father's pastime?
(a) Horse racing
(b) Tennis
(c) Hockey
(d) Fly-casting

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

13. What are the only two things Clamence says the doves can see from the sky?
(a) Shop signs and canals
(b) People and cars
(c) Trams and bicycles
(d) Smoke and cars

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

15. Who does the dog go to instead?
(a) A young orphan
(b) A young German soldier
(c) Its owner
(d) Its mother

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Clamence chosen to be pope?

2. What does the mention of the little ease provoke Clamence to talk about next?

3. Why must the doves remain in the sky?

4. Who does Clamence talk about after his discussion about innocence and guilt?

5. Where does Clamence see the dog?

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