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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clamence say happens when a close relative or friend dies?
(a) You forget them
(b) You lose a part of yourself
(c) They become closer to ou
(d) You move on

2. Who does Clamence claim he waits for in Mexico City?
(a) Displaced Europeans
(b) A friend
(c) Lonely women
(d) Americans

3. Where does Clamence say he is obliged to live?
(a) Above mankind
(b) With his parents
(c) In Amsterdam
(d) In a homeless shelter

4. What did Clamence father do for a living?
(a) A pilot
(b) A lawyer
(c) A policeman
(d) An officer in the army

5. What does Clamence have a firm belief in?
(a) His intelligence
(b) His seduction of women
(c) His abilty as a lawyer
(d) His superioty

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator's former job?

2. What is the name of the bar?

3. What does Clamence say he is successful with?

4. What does Clamence hear on the the Pont des Arts?

5. Where does Clamence claim Amsterdam's denizens inhabit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clamence see himself?

2. Summarize the story about the motorcycle Clamence tells in chapter 3?

3. What is Clamence's opinion on the Dutch?

4. In what way is Clamence two faced?

5. What is a Sadducee?

6. How does the laugh Clamence heard on the bridge affect his life?

7. How does the narrator compare Amsterdam and Paris?

8. In what way does Clamence compare Amsterdam to Dante's circles of hell?

9. What does Clamence say his sign would be?

10. What is Clamence's relationship with women?

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