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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Meursault's attorney feel about Meursault's lack of emotion?
(a) Perplexed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Calm.

3. When does the local magistrate question Meursault?
(a) The day before the trial.
(b) The day of the interrogation.
(c) The day after the chaplain visits.
(d) The day after his attorney arrives.

4. How long do the interrogations continue as preparations are made for Meursault's case?
(a) 7 weeks.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 11 months.

5. How does the proposal between Marie and Meursault occur?
(a) Marie asks Meursault to marry her.
(b) Marie threatens to leave if Meursault doesn't marry her.
(c) Meursault suprises Marie with a ring.
(d) Meursault offhandedly says they should get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can the lights in the visiting room of the prison be described?

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

3. When Meursault finds the Arab man next to the water, how does the Arab react?

4. What does Marie think of the lunch that Meursault cooks for her?

5. On the Sunday that he, Raymond, and Marie go to the beach, how does Meursault feel in the morning?

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