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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. What does Clamence say happens when a close relative or friend dies?

2. What two passions do Parisians have?

3. What kind of soldier does Clamence tell a story about?

4. What does the narrator call the barman?

5. Why does the young woman kill herself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Clamence's relationship with women?

4. What is Clamence's opinion on the Dutch?

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

6. Describe the auditor

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

8. How does Clamence see himself?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The Fall is written in the second person person. Why do you think Camus chose to write the story in the second person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if it was written in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

Examine monologue. How does Camus develop characterization, plot and themes through the use of monologue. What meaning would the novel lose if it was written in ordinary prose?

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