Meursault
Plot
Other Characters
The Trial
Who said it?
100
What city does Meursault get offered a job in?
Paris.
100
How does Meursault learn about his mother's death?
In a telegram he received.
100
A local pimp and Meursault’s neighbor.Becomes angry when he suspects his mistress is cheating on him, and in his plan to punish her, he enlists Meursault’s help.
Raymond Sintes.
100
When asked if he loved his mother, what does Meursault say?
He says he probably loved Maman, but that this doesn't mean anything. He loved her just as much as anyone else.
100
Who ends almost all of his/her statements with "and even I'd say."
Masson.
200
What role does Meursault play in the novel?
Protagonist.
200
What does Meursault first notice about Maman's (his mother's) coffin?
The screws.
200
A former co-worker of Meursault who begins an affair with him the day after his mother’s funeral.
Marie Cardona
200
How does Meursault feel about hiring an attorney?
That it's unnecessary.
200
"I'd smack her around a little bit, but nice-like, you might say."
Raymond.
300
Meursault can be characterized at what kind of hero?
An anti-hero, but not a villain.
300
What piece of evidence,does Raymond believe, proves his girlfriend has been cheating on him.
A lottery ticket.
300
One of Raymond’s friends, who invites Raymond, Meursault, and Marie to spend a Sunday at his beach house with him and his wife. It is during this ill-fated trip to his beach house that Meursault kills the Arab.
Masson.
300
What does Celeste's testimony give Meursault the desire to do for the first time in his life, even though he doesn't follow through.
Kiss her.
300
"They're not going to him away from me are they,Monsieur Meusault?"
Salamano.
400
Exactly how many time does Meursault shoot the Arabian?
Five times.
400
What is the one thing Meursault knows about his father?
He went to an execution and threw up afterwards.
400
One of Meursault’s neighbors.Owns an old dog that suffers from mange, and he frequently curses at and beats his pet.When his dog goes missing, he weeps and longs for its return.
Salamano
400
What does Meursault's actions compared to by the prosecuting attorney?
Someone who would kill his own father.
400
"You see, she had friends here, people her own age.She was able to share things from the old days with them."
The nursing home director.
500
What does the chaplain try to convince Meursault to do?
Find a religion or find God.
500
The novel takes place in what French-speaking African city?
Algiers.
500
A priest who attends to the religious needs of condemned men,acts as a catalyst for Meursault’s psychological and philosophical development
The Chaplain.
500
What sentence is Meursault given after being proven guilty of murder?
Death by guillotine; Beheading in a public square in the name of the French people.
500
"You only have one mother."
Celeste.