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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. Whose beach house do Raymond, Meursault, and Marie visit?
(a) Raymond's friend's.
(b) Raymond's mistress's.
(c) Raymond's.
(d) Raymond's brother's.

2. Which of the following does Meursault NOT notice during his reflections the weekend after his mother's funeral?
(a) The scent of Marie on his pillow.
(b) The noise of children fighting.
(c) The feel of water on his skin.
(d) The sky's colors.

3. What distracts Meursault when Marie comes to visit him in prison?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) His unshavenness.
(c) His upcoming death.
(d) The noise.

4. When he is led back into the courtroom, what does Meursault notice?
(a) The press.
(b) The prosecution.
(c) His friends.
(d) The jury.

5. On the first day that Meursault returns to work, who does he meet for lunch?
(a) Emmanuel.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Marie.
(d) Perez.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of information is the magistrate most interested?

2. How do the authorities feel about Meursault's lack of emotion?

3. When the sun sets the Sunday after his mother's funeral, what does Meursault think?

4. How does Meursault interpret his employer's response to his mother's death?

5. How does Meursault regard interruptions to his work schedule?

(see the answer key)

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