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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clamence feel when the young woman kills herself?
(a) Hurt
(b) Nothing
(c) Deep sorrow
(d) Anger

2. What does Clamence compare Amsterdam's canals to?
(a) The circles of hell
(b) Medieval castles
(c) Angels guarding heaven's gate
(d) Neverending love

3. Where does Clamence claim Amsterdam's denizens inhabit?
(a) Ancient Rome
(b) Ancient Greece
(c) Indonesia
(d) Ancient Egypt

4. In what city was Clamence a defense attorney?
(a) London
(b) Amsterdam
(c) Marseille
(d) Paris

5. What does Clamence have a firm belief in?
(a) His abilty as a lawyer
(b) His intelligence
(c) His seduction of women
(d) His superioty

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Inferno?

2. What does Clamence respect about the Dutch middle class?

3. What does Clamence see when he when he turn around?

4. What does the Nazi soldier ask a mother?

5. What was the narrator's former job?

(see the answer key)

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