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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 other torture apparatus does Clamence mention in this chapter?

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

3. What does Clamence want to confess?

4. Who does Clament fantasize assaulting?

5. What does Clamence say is happiness for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Clamence's reason for stealing a dying man's water?

2. How does Greece contrast with Paris?

3. In what way does Clamence think the deceased is helpless?

4. What does the little ease signify?

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

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

7. What is Clamence's views on suicide?

8. Describe Clamence's time in the foreign legion.

9. What debauchery does Clamence partake in?

10. What is a spitting cell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does Camus express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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