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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 refer to himself as?
2. Who does Clamence gesture to in the bar?
3. What question does the first line of this chapter ask?
4. What does the burglar require from Clamence?
5. What does Clamence say would happen if every criminal were sentenced?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Mexico City bar.
2. In what way does Clamence show himself to be a narcissist?
3. What is Clamence's relationship with women?
4. Summarize the story about the motorcycle Clamence tells in chapter 3?
5. How does Clamence see himself?
6. In what way is Clamence two faced?
7. What is Clamence's opinion on the Dutch?
8. What was Clamence's role in Paris society?
9. Why will Clamence not cross bridges?
10. What is Clamence's opinion on slavery?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine translations. Do you think think a translator has to know about a country as well as the language to translate a book effectively? What do you think The Fall loses in its translation? In what way would you get more out of a book by reading it in its original translation?
Essay Topic 2
The Fall is written in the second person person. Why do you think Camus chose to write the story in the second person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if it was written in the third person?
Essay Topic 3
Draw comparisons between Dante's Inferno and the Fall. Why do you think Camus uses Dante as a reference point? What meaning does it give the novel?
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