The Stranger

The Stranger Comprehension Questions
Read The Stranger-- I mean it this time!!! Be sure to answer each.
1. What infleunces Meursault to think that he could possibly be married?
2. What do Meursault's neighbor's say about him?
Part 1 Chapter 6 through the end of the novel.
3. Where do Meursault, Raymond and Masson go after lunch?
4. Describe the scene when Meursault confronts the Arabs? That is, describe the weather and Meursault's reaction to it.
5. What charge is Meursault's counsel (lawyer) concerned with? What does his lawyer feel about his (Meursault's case)?
6. What goes through Meursault's mind as he speaks with the magistrate? What might we expect or want a criminal to do or think?
7. When does Meursault's trial begin? What types of questions does the judge sask Meursault?
9. What does the doorkeeper say about Meursault during the trial?
10. How many times does Meursault refuse to see the chaplain? Is this in line with his character?
11. HOw does Meursault spend his nights in his cell?
12. What happens when the chaplain touches Meursault's shoulder?

The Stranger Finale

Finish Reading The Stranger and prepare ten questions that you have for the novel, the author, Meursault as a character, the setting. Be prepared for a reading quiz on the entire novel. REad and annotate carefully and now what happens in the novel.

The Stranger

AP English Literature Homework:
(1) Read The Stranger Chapters two and three answer the following:
Chapter 2
1. Find another incident, event, thought or action that reveals Mersualt's detachment from his mother's death.
2. Who is Marie Cardona?
3. What type of movie do Marie and Mersault see? How is this choice odd, considering what has happened to Mersault?
4. What "routine" do Sundays interrupt for Mersualt?
5. Why does Mersualt no eat at Celeste's?
Chapter 3
6. What does Monday represent for Meursault? and does Mersault's employer treat him upon his return back to work?
7. How is Meursault's reaction to Celeste awkward for us, but in line with Meursault's character?
8. Describe the other tenants in Meursault's building including Emmanuel; Raymond Sintes; and Old Man Salamano.
Read: The Myth of Sisphysus (google it--read the actual myth; not the essay.
Read "The Myth of Sisphysus" by Alber Camus (The essay given you in class on Thursday). Be prepared for reading quiz on the actual myth of Sisyphus and connections to the essay by Camus and Chapters 2-3 of The Stranger.