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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clamence say he was forced to remember?
(a) His actions and motivations
(b) His brother
(c) His love for life
(d) His parents

2. Where does Clamence walk the auditor to?
(a) A restaurant
(b) His hotel
(c) A brothel
(d) His boat

3. What does Clamence hear on the the Pont des Arts?
(a) Laughter
(b) Screams
(c) A thousand voices
(d) Crying

4. What does the Nazi soldier ask a mother?
(a) Which of her sons should be executed
(b) If she wants to kill her child herself
(c) If she loves her sons
(d) If she has a cigarette

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

6. What does Clamence accuse the Dutch of being?
(a) Witless
(b) Humorless
(c) Arrogant
(d) Ignorant

7. Where does Clamence return to when he is struck?
(a) The bar
(b) His car
(c) The grass verge
(d) His home

8. What does Clamence say he is successful with?
(a) Money
(b) The opposite sex
(c) Defending criminals
(d) The stock market

9. What does society need to stop an argument from stretching into affinity?
(a) The dynamics between master and servant
(b) Children
(c) God
(d) The dynamics between man and woman

10. Which word best describes Clamence?
(a) Jock
(b) Egotist
(c) Atheist
(d) Virtuous

11. What bridge does Clamence say he stood on in this chapter?
(a) Pont des Arts
(b) London Bridge
(c) Brooklyn Bridge
(d) Amsterdam Bridge

12. What question does the first line of this chapter ask?
(a) Why is the bar called Mexico City?
(b) What is a judge-penitent?
(c) Who is the auditor?
(d) Where is Amsterdan?

13. What does Clamence say he is guilty of?
(a) Hate
(b) Passivity
(c) Passion
(d) Aggression

14. What does Clamence believe is necessary?
(a) Marriage
(b) Hate
(c) Love
(d) Slavery

15. What is the only language the bartender speaks?
(a) English
(b) French
(c) Dutch
(d) German

Short Answer Questions

1. In what book is the circles of hell described?

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

3. What was the narrator's former job?

4. What should a master exercise power without?

5. What does Clamence claim his occupation is?

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