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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. When Meursault and Raymond return to the cottage, why does Meursault not come up the steps?

2. Where does Masson take Raymond for the treatment of his cuts on the beach?

3. Who reads the witness list in the courtroom?

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

5. How do the authorities feel about Meursault's lack of emotion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Meursault respond to the magistrate's question about whether he has anything to say in his own defense and how does the jury interpret his response?

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

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

8. Whose testimony seems the most damaging and why?

9. Describe Marie's visit to the prison.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay evaluating the role and treatment of family in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Select one character from the novel other than Meursault. Then, compare and contrast the character with Meursault. What are the similarities and differences in mannerism, action, emotion, thought, and so on?

Essay Topic 3

Meursault is offered a job in Paris. Compare and contrast his home city of Algiers, North Africa and the city Paris according to the evidence provided in the novel. Make sure to include references to how each are uses figuratively as well as literally.

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