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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms does Clamence use to describe the auditor?

2. What does the narrator call the barman?

3. What does Clamence believe is necessary?

4. Which word best describes Clamence?

5. What does Clamence say he is guilty of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clamence say his sign would be?

2. What is Clamence's relationship with women?

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

4. In what way does Clamence show himself to be a narcissist?

5. What do Clamence and his new companion represent?

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

7. What does Clamence show himself up to be in this chapter?

8. How does the narrator compare Amsterdam and Paris?

9. How does the narrator describe the bartender?

10. How does Clamence see himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Camus use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false: The Fall foreshadows the loss of religious belief in the western world Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the relationship between the Auditor and Clamence. What are their similarities and differences? How do these differences and similarities work to form their complex relationship Camus develops? Why is it significant that the Clamence sees the Auditor as someone like himself?

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