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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 nationality are the two men?

2. What does the Nazi soldier ask a mother?

3. What are the Sadducee?

4. What bridge does Clamence say he stood on in this chapter?

5. What does the burglar require from Clamence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Mexico City bar.

4. Why will Clamence not cross bridges?

5. What is significant about the story about the motorcycle?

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

7. Describe the auditor

8. What is Clamence's opinion on slavery?

9. Why does Clamence say it is easier to be closer to a dead person?

10. How is Clamence's role as a deus ex machina an accurate metaphor for his work with the demoralized criminals of Paris?

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

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

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

2) Away from the narrator examine the way Camus uses the other characters in the story. In what way do they help Clamence get his view across to the reader?

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