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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. Who takes Clamence hostage in Tunisia?
(a) Italians
(b) Tunisian police
(c) Germans
(d) Russians

2. What other torture apparatus does Clamence mention in this chapter?
(a) A spitting cell
(b) A thumb screw
(c) The hair puller
(d) The rack

3. Where does Clamence see the dog?
(a) On a metro platform
(b) In a bus
(c) On the metro
(d) In his hotel

4. What does Clamence say he lacks in his relationships with women?
(a) Sensitivity
(b) Passion
(c) An understanding of women
(d) An understanding of love

5. What is the first stage of Clamence's argument?
(a) He accuses himself
(b) He sets up a web of lies
(c) He gets the attention of his audience
(d) He lays out the truth

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the ship is Clamence on when he observes the dark speck?

2. Why does Clamence claim Jesus went quietly to his death?

3. What city was the metro in?

4. Why must the doves remain in the sky?

5. Who does Clamence say he now possesses as accomplishes

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the little ease signify?

2. What is Clamence's reason for stealing a dying man's water?

3. Why is Clamence a judge pentinent?

4. Summarize Clamence's argument?

5. Describe Clamence's time in the foreign legion.

6. What is Clamence's views on suicide?

7. How does Clament change when he begins to fear judgment?

8. How does Clamence decide to add excitement to his life in chapter 5?

9. What is a spitting cell?

10. Describe the Just Judges painting?

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