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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 phrase does Clamence use to describe his fall?
(a) Evening when the music stopped and the lights went out.
(b) Night when the sky was black and people forgot to smile
(c) When everyone turned their backs
(d) Day when he told his wife he did not want to see her again

2. What would Clamence's cards read?
(a) Jesus Christ, fake
(b) Clamence, true to his word
(c) John Bapiste, the one and only
(d) John Baptiste Clamence, play actor

3. What does Clamence believe is necessary?
(a) Love
(b) Marriage
(c) Slavery
(d) Hate

4. Where does Clamence return to when he is struck?
(a) His home
(b) His car
(c) The grass verge
(d) The bar

5. What does Clamence say he is doomed to?
(a) Heaven
(b) Hell
(c) Disgrace
(d) An empty eternity

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clamence compare Amsterdam's canals to?

2. What does Clamence say he is successful with?

3. Who wrote Inferno?

4. What did Clamence father do for a living?

5. Which word best describes Clamence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Mexico City bar.

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

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

4. What is the significance of Clamence calling himself Jean-Baptiste?

5. What does Clamence show himself up to be in this chapter?

6. Describe the auditor

7. What do Clamence and his new companion represent?

8. How does the narrator describe the bartender?

9. In what way does the author show that Clamence is not as confident as he claims?

10. Why does Clamence say it is easier to be closer to a dead person?

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