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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. Who does Clamence gesture to in the bar?

2. What was the deus ex machina's role in a play?

3. From what culture does the deus ex machina come from?

4. What does Clamence say he is guilty of?

5. What two things does Clamence claim he shares with the auditor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Clamence's relationship with women?

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

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

5. How does Clamence see himself?

6. What does Clamence talk about on the walk to the hotel?

7. In what way is Clamence two faced?

8. Why will Clamence not cross bridges?

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

10. Describe Clamence's experience on the Pont de Arts.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the Fall of Man story. How influence has the story had on society? How Camus modernize the message in the Fall? What are the similarities and differences between the message the two stories are trying to convey?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the construction of Clamence's argument.

1) How does he introduce his ideas?

2) How does he deconstruct his ideas into a logical conclusion?

3) Are the ideas that Camus presents in his book, ideas that relate only the way Clamence lived his life or is the argument a critique of society in general?

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