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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 his job, how does he approach the work that has piled up?
(a) He slowly sifts through it.
(b) He asks for help with it.
(c) He plunges into it.
(d) He avoids it.

2. How does Meursault regard interruptions to his work schedule?
(a) As unwelcome.
(b) As necessary to his mental health.
(c) As a nice break.
(d) As pleasant but unnecessary.

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

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

5. Where does Meursault go on the night of the funeral?
(a) To the beach.
(b) To his apartment.
(c) To the gravesite.
(d) To the church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Raymond say regarding Meursault's mother's death?

3. On the first day that Meursault returns to work, where does he eat lunch?

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

5. How does Meursault show grief the weekend following his mother's death?

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