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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 write poetry about?
(a) Athesists
(b) The Arabs
(c) The affect of God on his life
(d) Virtues of things he once thought awful

2. Whose company does Clamence say he removes himself from?
(a) Men
(b) Criminals
(c) Family
(d) Women

3. What does Clamence say is happiness for him?
(a) Making people laugh
(b) Making others unhappy
(c) Making women cry
(d) Feeling love

4. What city was the metro in?
(a) London
(b) Prague
(c) Tokoyo
(d) Paris

5. Why did Christ die in Clamence's opinion?
(a) He was weak
(b) He was a masochist
(c) His lack of innocence
(d) He wanted to be famous

Short Answer Questions

1. What do jailers do to a person in the spitting cell?

2. What city does Clamence contrast Greece to?

3. Who does Clamence offer as pope?

4. How many subjects has Clamence got to deal with before he tackles the judge pentinent?

5. Why must the doves remain in the sky?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clamence make himself feel happy?

2. What is Clamence's role as pope?

3. What does Clamence remember about Paris in chapter 5?

4. Describe Clamence's hallucination aboard the boat in chapter 5?

5. What does the little ease signify?

6. Summarize Clamence's argument?

7. What does Clamence say is the goal of living?

8. Why must the doves remain high in the atmosphere?

9. What debauchery does Clamence partake in?

10. What did Clamence find out when he tried to commit suicide?

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