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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. Who reads the witness list in the courtroom?

2. How does Meursault feel about Marie's attempts to instill hope?

3. What element of nature has played a role in all the negative episodes of Meursault's life?

4. How many times does Meursault shoot the Arab?

5. On the day of his trial, where does Meursault wait for his trial to begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Meursault's realization about punishment.

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

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

7. Whose testimony seems the most damaging and why?

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

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

10. Whose testimony is last and how does this testimony go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the points made about the justice system in the novel. Write an essay evaluating the critiques of the justice system in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay considering the role that punishment plays in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In much of the novel, Meursault seems to be resigned to his fate. Write an essay examining the idea of fate and discussing how it is explored in the novel.

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