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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the proposal between Marie and Meursault occur?
(a) Meursault offhandedly says they should get married.
(b) Marie threatens to leave if Meursault doesn't marry her.
(c) Meursault suprises Marie with a ring.
(d) Marie asks Meursault to marry her.

2. When Marie asks Meursault whether he loves her the first time, how does he respond?
(a) He lies and says that he does.
(b) He admits that he does not.
(c) He admits that he does.
(d) He lies and says that he does not.

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

4. Why does a job open up in Paris with Meursault's company?
(a) The branch manager left.
(b) They are opening a new branch.
(c) They need a specialist.
(d) They are expanding.

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

6. What is the weather like for the funeral procession?
(a) Calm and breezy.
(b) Pouring rain.
(c) Freezing cold.
(d) Intensely hot.

7. How does Meursault end up eating with an odd woman that he doesn't know?
(a) He invites her to dinner after meeting her in the street.
(b) She is a friend of a friend.
(c) She is sent by Marie to watch him.
(d) She seats herself at his table.

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

9. How do the people in the neighborhood typically respond to Salamano?
(a) They feel bad for him.
(b) They are afraid of him.
(c) They think of him as a source of entertainment.
(d) They invite him into their homes.

10. As a gesture of their new friendship what does Raymond offer to Meursault?
(a) Sympathy for his mother's death.
(b) A pen.
(c) Flowers from his garden.
(d) An open invitation for dinner.

11. What does Raymond do with the letter to his mistress?
(a) He throws it in the water.
(b) He sends it to his mistress.
(c) He saves it for future use.
(d) He burns it.

12. Why does Meursault refuse to call the police when the commotion is going on in Raymond's apartment?
(a) Because Meursault does not like policemen.
(b) Because Meursault has warrants out for him.
(c) Because Raymond is his friend.
(d) Because Marie is a fugitive.

13. 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 angry that the employer will not give him time off.
(d) He is grateful for the employer's accomodations.

14. Why is Raymond's hand bandaged when Meursault comes over for dinner?
(a) He accidently shot himself.
(b) He cut his hand with a knife.
(c) He got in a fight.
(d) He was attacked by a dog.

15. When Raymond opens his door during the commotion, what is obvious?
(a) That much of the furniture has been damaged.
(b) That he and his mistress were physically fighting.
(c) That his mistress and him were having a nonviolent disagreement.
(d) That there was a robbery.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the police leave Raymond's home, what do they tell Raymond to do?

2. What does Meursault do after eating with the odd woman?

3. After his first week back at work after his mother's death, where does Meursault spend time with Marie?

4. On the Sunday following Meursault's mother's death, where does he spend the afternoon?

5. Who falls back and takes short cuts during the funeral procession?

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