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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 painting?

2. What does Clamence promise to do at the end of chapter 4?

3. What does Clamence turn to in an attempt to rediscover his enthusiasm?

4. Where is Clamence sent when he joins the French resistance?

5. What age was the little ease employed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What encourage Clamence to join the foreign legion?

2. What is Clamence's role as pope?

3. What does Clamence say is the goal of living?

4. How does Greece contrast with Paris?

5. Describe the Just Judges painting?

6. What is a spitting cell?

7. What does the little ease signify?

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

9. Why is Clamence a judge pentinent?

10. How does Clamence lose his title of pope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false: The Fall foreshadows the loss of religious belief in the western world Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine monologue. How does Camus develop characterization, plot and themes through the use of monologue. What meaning would the novel lose if it was written in ordinary prose?

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