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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Raymond's physical structure?
(a) Wide and unathletic.
(b) Short and sturdy.
(c) Small and weak.
(d) Tall and gangly.

2. When the sun sets the Sunday after his mother's funeral, what does Meursault think?
(a) He doesn't want to go to work on Monday.
(b) He has lived through another Sunday.
(c) He decides it is almost time for the sun to set on himself.
(d) He will miss the weekend.

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

4. Where does the funeral procession travel?
(a) To the village cemetery.
(b) To the train station.
(c) To the private cemetery behind the nursing home.
(d) To a small plot on family land.

5. Which of the following phrases describes Meursault's behavior at his mother's funeral?
(a) Full of visible grief.
(b) Displaying little emotion.
(c) Obviously anxious.
(d) Marked by anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Perez respond to the grief and exhaustion of the funeral procession?

2. On the first day that Meursault returns to work, who does he meet for lunch?

3. Who comes to the morgue and stays with Meursault throughout the night?

4. The day after Meursault and Marie spend the night together, when does Meursault try to contact her?

5. Immediately after lunch on his first day back to work, where does Meursault go?

(see the answer key)

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