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

2. What does Clamence refer to himself as?
(a) A deus ex machina
(b) A philosopher
(c) A fool
(d) A Jekyl and Hyde

3. What nationality are the two men?
(a) Czech
(b) German
(c) French
(d) Dutch

4. What does Clamence see when he when he turn around?
(a) A child
(b) Nothing
(c) His dead father
(d) A red balloon

5. What does Clamence ask the auditor to bestow upon himself?
(a) A planet
(b) A sign
(c) A star
(d) A word

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clamence refer to his new companion as?

2. What does Clamence say a woman's faithfulness feeds?

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

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

5. What is significant about Clamence's smile in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Mexico City bar.

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

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

6. How does the narrator compare Amsterdam and Paris?

7. How does the narrator describe the bartender?

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

9. What does Clamence say his sign would be?

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

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