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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 subjects does Clamence talk about as they walk?

2. What does Clamence compare Amsterdam's canals to?

3. What does Clamence say he is successful with?

4. Who does Clamence gesture to in the bar?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is a deus ex machina?

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

6. How does the narrator describe the bartender?

7. Describe the Mexico City bar.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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