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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Meursault see people doing as he sits by the window during the Sunday after his mother's funeral?
(a) Swimming in the tides.
(b) Taking strolls and meeting friends at the cafe.
(c) Going to church.
(d) Chasing their dogs and yelling at their children.

2. How does Marie react to the news that Meursault's mother has died only one day before she spends the day with Meursault?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is surprised.
(c) She is depressed.
(d) She is relieved.

3. Where do Meursault and Marie spend the night after their day together?
(a) At his apartment.
(b) At her house.
(c) In the park.
(d) At the beach.

4. What offer does Meursault receive and refuse when at the morgue?
(a) The offer to sell him a nicer coffin.
(b) The offer to stay with his mother's body.
(c) The offer to bury his mother in England.
(d) The offer to remove the coffin lid.

5. How does Meursault react to the people who are visibly grieving his mother's death at the funeral?
(a) He becomes angry at them and yells.
(b) He asks them to leave.
(c) He does not engage with them.
(d) He sympathizes with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Salamano looks for his dog, what does Raymond suggest?

2. Before Raymond invites Meursault over for dinner, what is Meursault thinking about eating?

3. What does Raymond suggest that he and the person who accompanied him do after they return back from the police station?

4. After spending the day together, where do Meursault and Marie go in the evening after his mother's funeral?

5. When Meursault returns to his job, how does he approach the work that has piled up?

(see the answer key)

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