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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 is Clamence too self obsessed to do?

2. Who does the dog go to instead?

3. What is the dark speck in reality?

4. What does Clamence observe on the surface of the water?

5. What does Clamence promise to do at the end of chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the boat in the fifth chapter represent?

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

3. What does Clamence say is the goal of living?

4. What is Clamence's reason for stealing a dying man's water?

5. What debauchery does Clamence partake in?

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

7. What encourage Clamence to join the foreign legion?

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

9. Why must the doves remain high in the atmosphere?

10. How does Greece contrast with Paris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is Clamence referring to when he states without the strict dynamic of master and servant, any argument could stretch into affinity? Can the view be attribute to today's society or is such a view specific to the 1950s? Why would any argument stretch into affinity?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Camus use character and setting to express these themes?

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