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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. Who does Clamence say he now possesses as accomplishes

2. Where is Clamence at the beginning of this chapter?

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

4. How do male friends in Greece walk?

5. What part of the ship is Clamence on when he observes the dark speck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Just Judges painting?

2. What is Clamence's role as pope?

3. Why is Clamence a judge pentinent?

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

5. How does a fear of judgment affect Clament?

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

7. What does the little ease signify?

8. How does Greece contrast with Paris?

9. How does Clamence lose his title of pope?

10. What debauchery does Clamence partake in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine translations. Do you think think a translator has to know about a country as well as the language to translate a book effectively? What do you think The Fall loses in its translation? In what way would you get more out of a book by reading it in its original translation?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the relationship between the Auditor and Clamence. What are their similarities and differences? How do these differences and similarities work to form their complex relationship Camus develops? Why is it significant that the Clamence sees the Auditor as someone like himself?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Camus' life. In what way do you think his life and personality is reflected in the book?

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