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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 the girl want to punish when she kills herself?

2. What are Clamence and the auditor traveling on in this chapter?

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

4. How many subjects has Clamence got to deal with before he tackles the judge pentinent?

5. What subject does Clamence move onto after he talks about his lack of friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Clamence's views on suicide?

2. What is Clamence's opinions on Jesus Christ?

3. What does the boat in the fifth chapter represent?

4. How does Clamence decide to add excitement to his life in chapter 5?

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

6. What did Clamence find out when he tried to commit suicide?

7. What debauchery does Clamence partake in?

8. How does a fear of judgment affect Clament?

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

10. Why does Clamence call attention to the quaintness of Amsterdam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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