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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 does Clamence claim a servant should serve with?

2. What is significant about Clamence's smile in this chapter?

3. What does Clamence realize about the woman that deceives him?

4. What does Clamence claim he is?

5. What two passions do Parisians have?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does chapter three mark the beginning of Clamence's fall?

2. In what way is Clamence two faced?

3. In what way does Clamence compare Amsterdam to Dante's circles of hell?

4. What do Clamence and his new companion represent?

5. In what way is Clamence similar to the criminals he once defended?

6. What is Clamence's opinion on the Dutch?

7. What is a Sadducee?

8. What is Clamence's relationship with women?

9. What does Clamence say his sign would be?

10. How does Clamence see himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is set in Amsterdam.

1) What meaning does Amsterdam bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in Amsterdam?

2) How different do you think today's Amsterdam is to the Amsterdam in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's Amsterdam?

3) How do you think the Amsterdam settings of the novel contributes to the novel's philosophy?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the Fall of Man story. How influence has the story had on society? How Camus modernize the message in the Fall? What are the similarities and differences between the message the two stories are trying to convey?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does Camus express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novels meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

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