Midterm Review 4CP

The Stranger

What does Meursault do in the opening chapter?

• a. He looks for a new job.

• b. He quits school and begins to live the life of an artist.

• c. He attends his mother's funeral.

• d. He takes the train to Paris for the weekend.

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Who does Meursault encounter at the beach?

• a. He meets his old college roommate.

• b. He meets a girl who had once worked at the same office as he did.

• c. He meets a friend of his mother's from the nursing home.

• d. He meets his aunt, his only living relative.

The Stranger

Which of the following is not one of the ways Marie and Meursault spend the Saturday after the funeral?

• a. They swim.

• b. They flirt.

• c. They had lunch at his favorite restaurant.

• d. They spent the night together.

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What kind of a movie did they go to see?

• a. It was a comedy.

• b. It was a musical.

• c. It was a documentary about the war.

• d. It was a cartoon from America.

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What insights do we gain into Meursault's character from his interactions with Salamano and Raymond?

• a. He is harsh and judgmental.

• d. He is insane.

• b. He does not judge either man.

• c. He uses people for his own advantage.

The Stranger

Meursault tells his boss that "people never change their lives, that in any case one life is as good as another." What do we learn about Meursault from this statement?

• a. He is a philosopher.

• b. He takes everything with an indifferent attitude.

• c. He is not respectful to his superiors.

• d. He values life above all else.

The Stranger

Which of the following is not one of the things Meursault does to pass the time in prison?

• a. He sleeps most of the time.

• b. He tries to remember details of his room at home.

• c. He reads and studies in the prison library.

• d. He tends to meals and other events of the prison routine.

Which one is NOT an existential belief?

• a. existence vs. essence

• b. man has free will

• c. “carpe diem”

• d. Always seek forgiveness

Frankenstein

When the novel begins, who is writing the letters?

• a. They were written by Victor Frankenstein.

• b. They were written by the creature.

• c. They were written by Margaret Saville.

• d. They were written by Robert Walton.

Frankenstein

Where is the writer, and why is he there?

• a. He is in the Arctic, hunting for whales.

• b. He is in the Arctic, exploring unknown regions.

• c. He is in Russia trapping fur.

• d. He is in Iceland doing research on life in cold climates.