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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 is the name of the bar?

2. What does the narrator call the barman?

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

4. What does the Nazi soldier ask a mother?

5. What does the young woman do in Clamence's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Mexico City bar.

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

3. In what way is Clamence two faced?

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

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

6. Why will Clamence not cross bridges?

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

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

9. What do Clamence and his new companion represent?

10. What does Clamence say his sign would be?

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

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?

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