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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 regard interruptions to his work schedule?
2. What does Raymond plan on doing when his mistress returns?
3. How does Meursault react to the people who are visibly grieving his mother's death at the funeral?
4. Where does Meursault live at the start of the novel?
5. Why is Raymond tense before going to the beach house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Meursault eat on his first day back to work after his mother's funeral and what does he do after lunch?
2. When his employer calls him into the office, where does he offer him a job and how does Meursault feel about the offer?
3. After spending the night together the weekend after Meursault's first week back at work, what do Meursault and Marie talk about and what is his response?
4. Describe the conversation that Meursault and Marie have about the job offer.
5. Describe Raymond and Meursault's night after they go to the police station together?
6. Where does Meursault go after the funeral and what does he plan to do there?
7. Describe the purpose of the letter that Meursault agrees to write for Raymond.
8. How does Meursault interpret the questions from his employer when he returns to work and why?
9. Describe Meursault's experience washing his hands in the office when he returns to work.
10. Who is Perez and what does he do during the funeral procession?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Meursault seems to remember very little when questioned about the shooting. Write an essay discussing the role of memory in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring how the author sets up Meursault as a character to whom it is hard to relate. Give specific examples from the novel.
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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