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

2. What does Salamano say in his testimony?
(a) That Meursault was a stoic individual.
(b) That Meursault was kind during the disappearance of his dog.
(c) That Meursault had very few friends.
(d) That Meursault was an odd soul who lived in the apartments.

3. What blinds Meursault before he shoots the Arab?
(a) The Arab stabbing him.
(b) The sun light off the water.
(c) A punch from behind.
(d) The sun light off of a knife.

4. How does imprisonment and interrogation change Meursault's belief in God?
(a) It doesn't.
(b) It makes him turn to the God of his upbringing.
(c) It makes him deny God whereas before he believed in him.
(d) It causes him to find God for the first time.

5. What distracts Meursault when Marie comes to visit him in prison?
(a) His unshavenness.
(b) His upcoming death.
(c) The noise.
(d) Her beauty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What size is the visiting room at the prison?

3. As the trial progresses, what happens to Meursault's level of interest?

4. What does the prosecutor say about Meursault's intelligence?

5. What do the women do while the men take a walk after lunch at the beach house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can Meursault see outside his prison cell?

2. As the trial progresses, how does Meursault handle the trial and why?

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

4. What question does the magistrate ask Meursault in which he is not satisfied with the response?

5. Describe the physical attributes of the visiting room at the prison.

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

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

8. Describe the events surrounding Meursault's killing of the Arab.

9. What do Raymond, Masson, and Meursault do immediately after the knife fight on the beach?

10. For what means does the prosecutor state that Meursault is an intelligent man?

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