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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Meursault turn down the job in Paris?

2. Why does a job open up in Paris with Meursault's company?

3. On the first day that Meursault returns to work, who does he meet for lunch?

4. How does Raymond feel that his mistress is treating him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Raymond invite Meursault to the police station with him and how does Meursault respond

2. Where does Meursault meet Marie on the day after his mother's funeral and what do they spend the day doing?

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

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

5. Describe Meursault's dinner at Celeste's when Marie cannot meet him for dinner?

6. Where does Meursault go after the funeral and what does he plan to do there?

7. 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?

8. When his employer calls him into the office, where does he offer him a job and how does Meursault feel about the offer?

9. On what piece of clothing of Meursault's does Marie comment and what does this item represent?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a significant portion of time spent talking about Salamano's dog. Write an essay explaining the symbolism and meaning of the dog in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the role of religion or religious belief in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine the juxtaposition of life and death in the novel. How are these two themes used? Do the discussion of these themes produce similar or different results?

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