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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. How do the authorities feel about Meursault's lack of emotion?
2. Which of the following is true about how Meursault has handled prison conditions?
3. What does Meursault notice about the jury and pressmen in the courtroom?
4. When Raymond and Meursault return to the beach after Raymond is injured, what does Raymond ask Meursault if he should do?
5. When he is led back into the courtroom, what does Meursault notice?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Meursault's mindset by the time Marie comes to visit him and why?
2. What does Meursault notice as he is led into the courtroom?
3. Whose testimony is last and how does this testimony go?
4. What do Meursault, Marie, and Raymond spend the morning doing after arriving at the beach house?
5. Describe what Meursault notices as he is placed in the interrogation room for the first time?
6. What does Meursault miss in prison and what does the guard have to say about this?
7. Whose testimony seems the most damaging and why?
8. What does the magistrate question Meursault about and what is Meursault's answer?
9. What are the jury's findings in the case and what is the sentence?
10. When Meursault's attorney first arrives, what does he notice about Meursault and how does this affect him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring how the author sets up Meursault as a character to whom it is hard to relate. Give specific examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay evaluating the conclusion to the novel. Do you think it is complete or do you think it omits important details?
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