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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 hear on the the Pont des Arts?

2. What does Clamence feel when the young woman kills herself?

3. What does Clamence have a firm belief in?

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

5. What does Clamence claim a servant should serve with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe the bartender?

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

5. What is a deus ex machina?

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

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

8. What is Clamence's opinion on slavery?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the difference between Dutch and French cultures. In what way is it significant that Camus uses these two countries to shape Clamence's ideas? Choose two different countries and discuss how the novel would change if these two countries were used instead of Holland and France.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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