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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's attorney feel about Meursault's lack of emotion?

2. How does Meursault express his regret?

3. Of what implications of his actions does Meursault seem most aware?

4. When Raymond testifies, for what is he criticized?

5. Why does Meursault feel sleepy and dizzy walking after lunch at the beach house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Meursault's feelings about God and repentance compare to other people in his situation?

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

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

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

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

6. What question does the magistrate ask Meursault in which he is not satisfied with the response?

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

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

9. What can Meursault see outside his prison cell?

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

Meursault encounters many different characters during the novel. Which of these characters do you think has the most influence on him? On whom do you think he has the most influence? Explain.

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