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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In reaction to news that his mother has died, how many days does Meursault ask off from his job?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

2. 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.

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

4. Who writes a letter to Raymond's mistress begging her to return?
(a) Raymond.
(b) His mistress's brother.
(c) Raymond's brother.
(d) Meursault.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Perez?

3. How does Meursault respond to Salamano's news about the dog when he returns home from having dinner with the odd woman?

4. How does the policeman respond to Raymond's verbal abuse when the police come to his home?

5. What does Meursault hear through his walls after talking to Salamano about the missing dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Salamano and how do his neighbors respond to him?

2. How does Meursault spend the morning of the Sunday after his mother's funeral?

3. How does Meursault spend the afternoon of the Sunday after his mother's funeral?

4. How does Meursault respond when Marie asks him to marry her and how does he feel about the question?

5. Who is Perez and what does he do during the funeral procession?

6. Describe Meursault's preparations before boarding the bus to his mother's funeral.

7. Describe Meursault's experience washing his hands in the office when he returns to work.

8. How does Meursault interpret the questions from his employer when he returns to work and why?

9. Where does the caretaker of the nursing home take Meursault after his arrival and what does the caretaker offer to do in this place that Meursault refuses?

10. When Marie and Meursault hear a raucous disturbance coming from Raymond's apartment, what does Marie asks Meursault to do? How does he respond and why?

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