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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What offer does Meursault receive and refuse when at the morgue?
(a) The offer to sell him a nicer coffin.
(b) The offer to remove the coffin lid.
(c) The offer to stay with his mother's body.
(d) The offer to bury his mother in England.

2. What does Meursault do when he wakes up in the morning and Marie is gone?
(a) He lays in bed and tries to recapture her essence.
(b) He is relieved and quietly creeps out unnoticed.
(c) He begins sobbing.
(d) He springs out of bed and begins a search for her.

3. The day after Meursault and Marie spend the night together, when does Meursault try to contact her?
(a) Late in the evening.
(b) In the afternoon.
(c) Within an hour of her leaving.
(d) He doesn't try to contact her.

4. Where do Meursault and Marie spend the night after their day together?
(a) At her house.
(b) In the park.
(c) At the beach.
(d) At his apartment.

5. How does Raymond feel that his mistress is treating him?
(a) He feels she is unfaithful.
(b) He feels she is grateful.
(c) He feels she is loving.
(d) He feels she is abusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Salamano want to check the pound for his dog?

2. What does Meursault see people doing as he sits by the window during the Sunday after his mother's funeral?

3. Which of the following items does Meursault borrow from a friend before traveling to his mother's funeral?

4. On the first day that Meursault returns to work, who does he meet for lunch?

5. Why does Meursault take so much pleasure in washing his hands on the morning he returns to work?

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