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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 suffer from?

2. What does Clamence say is happiness for him?

3. What does Clamence claim the shop signs symbolize?

4. Why did Christ die in Clamence's opinion?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a little ease?

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

4. How does a fear of judgment affect Clament?

5. Summarize Clamence's argument?

6. Why is Clamence a judge pentinent?

7. How does Clament change when he begins to fear judgment?

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

9. What debauchery does Clamence partake in?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Examine the role of the outsider in society. Why are so many philosophers and commentators in society thought of as outsiders? In what what way can outsiders see things differently to the majority? Why is their opinion seen as so valid? if it easier for an outsider like Clamence to recognize problems in society?

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