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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. In what chapter did Clamence first mention the little ease?

2. What brings an end to Clamence's brief happiness?

3. What does Clamence assure the auditor the boat is doing?

4. What does Clamence say women do in Greece?

5. What does the young man want the prison pope to be elected for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the essence of Clamence's philosophy?

2. What does the little ease signify?

3. How has Clamence's relationship with the auditor changed?

4. What is a spitting cell?

5. Describe the Dutch town.

6. What is Clamence's role as pope?

7. What did Clamence find out when he tried to commit suicide?

8. How does Greece contrast with Paris?

9. Describe Clamence's hallucination aboard the boat in chapter 5?

10. How does Clamence lose his title of pope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Clamence's character. What is his objective is? What is his conflict? Take what you know about Clamence and write what kind of life you think he would have in today's society. How would his good and bad points translate into today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the following statement: The Fall is reacts against existentialism rather than supporting it. Using examples from the book write an essay either for or against the statement.

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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