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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 does Clamence say is the goal of living?

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

3. Who does the dog go to instead?

4. Why must the doves remain in the sky?

5. What is the sky full of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Greece contrast with Paris?

2. What encourage Clamence to join the foreign legion?

3. Describe the Dutch town.

4. What does the little ease signify?

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

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

7. What is Clamence's role as pope?

8. What is Clamence's views on suicide?

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

10. Why must the doves remain high in the atmosphere?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the Fall of Man story. How influence has the story had on society? How Camus modernize the message in the Fall? What are the similarities and differences between the message the two stories are trying to convey?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is Clamence referring to when he states a death of a person brings them closer to us? Is this statement specific to his own personality or is he trying to attribute it to society in general?

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