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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. When Meursault returns to work, how does his employer respond?
(a) With concerned questions.
(b) With apathy.
(c) With flowers.
(d) With overwhelming accomodations.

2. How does Meursault interpret his employer's response to his mother's death?
(a) He thinks his employer is mocking him.
(b) He thinks the employer shows no sympathy.
(c) He is grateful for the employer's accomodations.
(d) He is angry that the employer will not give him time off.

3. How does Meursault show grief the weekend following his mother's death?
(a) By returning to her favorite places.
(b) Through his interactions with friends.
(c) By avoiding people.
(d) He doesn't.

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

5. What does Meursault do when he wakes up in the morning and Marie is gone?
(a) He lays in bed and tries to recapture her essence.
(b) He begins sobbing.
(c) He is relieved and quietly creeps out unnoticed.
(d) He springs out of bed and begins a search for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Meursault take so much pleasure in washing his hands on the morning he returns to work?

2. What is Raymond's physical structure?

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

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

5. In reaction to news that his mother has died, how many days does Meursault ask off from his job?

(see the answer key)

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