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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 word best describes Clamence?

2. What does the burglar require from Clamence?

3. What does Clamence respect about the Dutch middle class?

4. Why does Clamence not want a woman to love him?

5. In what city was Clamence a defense attorney?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clamence see himself?

2. Why will Clamence not cross bridges?

3. What is Clamence's opinion on slavery?

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

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

6. How does the narrator describe the bartender?

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

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

9. How does the narrator compare Amsterdam and Paris?

10. What do Clamence and his new companion represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a Judge Penitinent? In what way is it a contradiction? Why is this contradiction important to the ideas that Clamence is trying to express? What does Clamence mean when he says that modern life requires a paradox?

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

Draw comparisons between Dante's Inferno and the Fall. Why do you think Camus uses Dante as a reference point? What meaning does it give the novel?

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