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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the young woman do in Clamence's story?
(a) Robs a bank
(b) Marries a tyrant
(c) Commits suicide
(d) Cuts out her eyes

3. What does Clamence claim would be true happiness for him?
(a) A non existent sex drive
(b) Eight wives
(c) Women waiting on him
(d) Seven virgins

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

5. What was used to lower the deus ex machina on to the satge?
(a) A pole
(b) A rope
(c) A pulley
(d) A crane

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Sadducee?

2. What does society need to stop an argument from stretching into affinity?

3. From what culture does the deus ex machina come from?

4. What phrase does Clamence use to describe his fall?

5. What was the deus ex machina's role in a play?

(see the answer key)

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