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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 we owe the dead?
(a) An apology
(b) A monument
(c) Nothing
(d) Life

2. Which word best describes Clamence?
(a) Atheist
(b) Virtuous
(c) Jock
(d) Egotist

3. What does the young woman do in Clamence's story?
(a) Cuts out her eyes
(b) Marries a tyrant
(c) Commits suicide
(d) Robs a bank

4. What is the first topic to be discussed in this chapter?
(a) Crossing bridges
(b) Friendship
(c) The laughter
(d) Marriage

5. What does Clamence feel when the young woman kills herself?
(a) Anger
(b) Nothing
(c) Hurt
(d) Deep sorrow

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does someone in the crowd attack Clamence?

2. In what book is the circles of hell described?

3. What does Clamence say he is guilty of?

4. What does Clamence ask the auditor to bestow upon himself?

5. On what bridge does Clamence witness a suicide?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Clamence see himself?

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

5. What is a Sadducee?

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

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

8. In what way is Clamence similar to the criminals he once defended?

9. What is Clamence's relationship with women?

10. Why will Clamence not cross bridges?

(see the answer keys)

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