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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What door does Clamence ask the auditor to lock?
(a) The cabinet door
(b) The wardrobe door
(c) The kitchen door
(d) The bedroom door

2. What does Clamence suffer from?
(a) Asthma
(b) Flu
(c) Menses
(d) Malaria

3. Who takes Clamence hostage in Tunisia?
(a) Italians
(b) Russians
(c) Germans
(d) Tunisian police

4. What age was the little ease employed?
(a) The stone ages
(b) The iron age
(c) The bronze age
(d) The middle ages

5. What does Clamence say he is not seduced by?
(a) Pretty women
(b) The Dutch part of town
(c) Paris
(d) The auditor

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Clamence continue to hear even in his forlorn state?

3. Where does Clamence see the dog?

4. What does Clamence claim decides a person's guilt?

5. Who does the young man profess hatred for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What debauchery does Clamence partake in?

4. How does Clamence make himself feel happy?

5. What does the little ease signify?

6. How does Clament change when he begins to fear judgment?

7. Describe the Dutch town.

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

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

10. What is a spitting cell?

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