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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 is the only language the bartender speaks?
(a) Dutch
(b) German
(c) English
(d) French

2. Which of the following subjects does Clamence talk about as they walk?
(a) Nazi genocide
(b) Communism
(c) Socialism
(d) Hitler's death

3. What does Clamence claim a servant should serve with?
(a) A scowl
(b) A serious expression
(c) A smile
(d) A beady eye

4. Why does someone in the crowd attack Clamence?
(a) To force him to leave
(b) To stop him from attacking the motor cyclist
(c) To stop him from talking to his wife
(d) To shut him up

5. What two things does Clamence claim he shares with the auditor?
(a) Intelligence and age
(b) Happiness and appearance
(c) Appearance and age
(d) A love for women and a love for books

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the young woman kill herself?

2. What two passions do Parisians have?

3. What does Clamence claim his occupation is?

4. What does Clamence want the auditor's sign to summarize?

5. What does Clamence claim would be true happiness for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a Sadducee?

2. How is Clamence's role as a deus ex machina an accurate metaphor for his work with the demoralized criminals of Paris?

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

4. What is a deus ex machina?

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

6. Why does Clamence say he strives to be selfless?

7. What is Clamence's relationship with women?

8. What do Clamence and his new companion represent?

9. In what way does chapter three mark the beginning of Clamence's fall?

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

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