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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 question does the first line of this chapter ask?
(a) Why is the bar called Mexico City?
(b) What is a judge-penitent?
(c) Where is Amsterdan?
(d) Who is the auditor?

2. Why does the narrator leave his companion at the bridge?
(a) He does not want the hotel owner to see him
(b) He is in a hurry
(c) He never crosses bridges
(d) He sees a friend

3. Why does Clamence help the blind across the street?
(a) Tomake others look bad
(b) For women
(c) To gain pleasure of virtue
(d) For money

4. What drink does Clamence talk lyrically about?
(a) Wine
(b) Gin
(c) Whisky
(d) Vodka

5. What does Clamence respect about the Dutch middle class?
(a) Their morals
(b) Their high ideas
(c) Their arrogance
(d) Their business sense

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bar?

2. Which of the following terms does Clamence use to describe the auditor?

3. What does Clamence say he is doomed to?

4. What does Clamence smile at in this chapter?

5. What does Clamence say would happen if every criminal were sentenced?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Clamence show himself to be a narcissist?

2. How does the narrator compare Amsterdam and Paris?

3. What is a Sadducee?

4. How does Clamence see himself?

5. What is Clamence's opinion on slavery?

6. What is significant about the story about the motorcycle?

7. How does the narrator describe the bartender?

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

9. What was Clamence's role in Paris society?

10. Describe Clamence's experience on the Pont de Arts.

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