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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 does Meursault feel when he thinks the thoughts of a free man?

2. What has Meursault's attorney told him about the trial?

3. After enduring many interrogations, how does Meursault feel about his surroundings?

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

5. How many times does Meursault shoot the Arab?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Meursault's realization about punishment.

2. Why is Meursault alone on the beach after the day he has spent with Raymond and other friends at the beach house?

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

4. Describe what Meursault notices as he is placed in the interrogation room for the first time?

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

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

7. As Meursault, Marie, and Raymond travel to the bus stop, who do they see and what comes of the encounter?

8. Whose testimony seems the most damaging and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Meursault seems to remember very little when questioned about the shooting. Write an essay discussing the role of memory in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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

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