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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Raymond say regarding Meursault's mother's death?
(a) It is an excuse for Meursault to become a criminal.
(b) It was bound to happen one day.
(c) It should prevent Meursault from going to work.
(d) It is a sad occasion which Meursault should never forget.

2. Why does a job open up in Paris with Meursault's company?
(a) They are expanding.
(b) They are opening a new branch.
(c) The branch manager left.
(d) They need a specialist.

3. How does Meursault feel when he thinks the thoughts of a free man?
(a) Hope.
(b) Anger.
(c) Grief.
(d) Joy.

4. Who accompanies Raymond to the police station as a witness?
(a) Salamano.
(b) No one.
(c) Meursault.
(d) Marie.

5. After asking Meursault to confirm his identity, what question does the Magistrate ask him?
(a) Why he is in prison.
(b) Why he wrote the letter for Raymond.
(c) Why he sent his mother to the nursing home.
(d) Why he killed the Arab.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the novel, how do most people who have been accused of murder receive God?

2. How does Marie react to the news that Meursault's mother has died only one day before she spends the day with Meursault?

3. What is Meursault's view from his cell?

4. Why doesn't Meursault understand why he can't have cigarettes?

5. Why doesn't Salamano want to check the pound for his dog?

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