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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. What does the attorney find when he interviews people about Meursault's background?
(a) Many people want Meursault dead.
(b) Many people would like Meursault to go to prison.
(c) Many people comment on Meursault's callous behavior.
(d) Many people think Meursault is sensitive.

2. How does Meursault feel about Marie's attempts to instill hope?
(a) They are rude.
(b) They are torture to him.
(c) They feel pathetic.
(d) They are comforting.

3. The injuries that Raymond receives from the knife fight can be described by which of the following words?
(a) Disfiguring.
(b) Serious.
(c) Life threatening.
(d) Superficial.

4. Prior to the trial, how does Meursault perceive the case against him?
(a) Unfounded.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Intricate.
(d) Not complicated.

5. What does the prosecutor say about Meursault's intelligence?
(a) He says that he is not smart.
(b) He says that he is very slow.
(c) He says he is an intelligent man.
(d) He says that he is too brilliant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Meursault looking for when he finds the Arab man lying near the water?

2. According to the novel, how do most people who have been accused of murder receive God?

3. When Raymond and Meursault return to the beach after Raymond is injured, what does Raymond ask Meursault if he should do?

4. Who reads the witness list in the courtroom?

5. What method of transportation do Meursault, Raymond, and Marie take to the beach house?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Meursault, Marie, and Raymond travel to the bus stop, who do they see and what comes of the encounter?

2. What does the magistrate question Meursault about and what is Meursault's answer?

3. Describe what Meursault notices as he is placed in the interrogation room for the first time?

4. Who does Meursault's attorney talk to and what does he find when he investigates Meursault's background?

5. How do Meursault's feelings about God and repentance compare to other people in his situation?

6. When does the local magistrate first interview Meursault and in what is he most interested?

7. What are the jury's findings in the case and what is the sentence?

8. Describe the fight that Raymond and the others have with the Arabs at the beach.

9. What do Meursault, Marie, and Raymond spend the morning doing after arriving at the beach house?

10. What does Meursault miss in prison and what does the guard have to say about this?

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