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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 would be the motto on Clamence's sign?

2. What does Clamence ask the auditor to bestow upon himself?

3. In what book is the circles of hell described?

4. What does Clamence hear on the the Pont des Arts?

5. What kind of problem does Clamence confess to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why will Clamence not cross bridges?

2. What is a Sadducee?

3. How does the laugh Clamence heard on the bridge affect his life?

4. In what way is Clamence similar to the criminals he once defended?

5. In what way is Clamence two faced?

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

7. What is Clamence's opinion on slavery?

8. What is a deus ex machina?

9. How does the narrator describe the bartender?

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

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

Examine the role of the outsider in society. Why are so many philosophers and commentators in society thought of as outsiders? In what what way can outsiders see things differently to the majority? Why is their opinion seen as so valid? if it easier for an outsider like Clamence to recognize problems in society?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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