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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 a little ease?

2. What do jailers do to a person in the spitting cell?

3. What door does Clamence ask the auditor to open?

4. What does Clamence say happens to everybody he meets?

5. What kind of faith does the young Frenchman have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the little ease signify?

3. What does Clamence remember about Paris in chapter 5?

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

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

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

7. What debauchery does Clamence partake in?

8. What is a little ease?

9. Describe the Dutch town.

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

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 2

Examine the following statement: The Fall is reacts against existentialism rather than supporting it. Using examples from the book write an essay either for or against the statement.

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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