The Renegade (short story) - Quiz
  • 1. Who is the author of 'The Renegade'?
A) Victor Hugo
B) Albert Camus
C) Jean-Paul Sartre
D) Albert Einstein
  • 2. In which year was 'The Renegade' first published?
A) 1962
B) 1945
C) 1939
D) 1957
  • 3. What is the French title of 'The Renegade'?
A) L'Étranger
B) Le Renégat ou un esprit confus
C) La Chute
D) La Peste
  • 4. In which collection was the story published?
A) Exile and the Kingdom
B) Lyrical and Critical Essays
C) The Rebel
D) The Myth of Sisyphus
  • 5. What is the position of 'The Renegade' in its original publication collection?
A) The second story
B) The middle story
C) The final story
D) The first story
  • 6. What literary form is 'The Renegade' considered to be?
A) An allegory
B) A historical journal
C) A biography
D) A comedy
  • 7. What weapon does the narrator hold at the beginning of the story while waiting in the desert?
A) A rifle
B) A pistol
C) A spear
D) A bow and arrow
  • 8. What physical condition does the narrator have at the beginning of the story?
A) He is blind
B) He has lost a leg
C) He is deaf
D) He has lost his tongue
  • 9. What was the narrator's religious background before going to Africa?
A) French Catholic from the Protestant Massif Central region
B) English Anglican from London
C) Spanish Jesuit from Madrid
D) Italian Orthodox from Rome
  • 10. What was the narrator's original occupation in the story?
A) Explorer
B) French soldier
C) Trading guide
D) Christian missionary
  • 11. To which city did the narrator travel to convert the tribes?
A) Taghaza, Mali
B) Dakar, Senegal
C) Cairo, Egypt
D) Algiers, Algeria
  • 12. Who warned the narrator that he was not ready for the mission?
A) His mentor
B) The French governor
C) His father
D) A local priest
  • 13. What trait does the narrator admit he possessed when deciding to go anyway?
A) Greed
B) Cowardice
C) Naivety
D) Pig-headedness
  • 14. What happened to the narrator upon his arrival?
A) His guide turned on him and robbed him
B) He lost his way in a snowstorm
C) He immediately found the missionary school
D) He was welcomed by the French garrison
  • 15. Where was the narrator taken after being imprisoned and beaten in Taghaza?
A) The French military camp
B) The House of the Fetish
C) The town square
D) The local hospital
  • 16. Who is worshiped inside the House of the Fetish?
A) The Fetish
B) The Sun God
C) Allah
D) Jesus Christ
  • 17. What did the narrator eventually do regarding Christ?
A) He built a church
B) He became a devout follower
C) He disowned Christ
D) He translated the Bible
  • 18. According to the narrator's conversion, what are the only true and flawless powers in the world?
A) The Fetish and the power of hatred
B) Love and forgiveness
C) Science and reason
D) Justice and mercy
  • 19. What was brought into the House of the Fetish by the priest without his mask?
A) A holy book
B) A rifle
C) A woman
D) A chest of gold
  • 20. What was distinctive about the woman brought by the priest?
A) She was dressed in French military uniform
B) She had a tattoo across her face in the image of the Fetish
C) She was carrying a wooden cross
D) She spoke fluent French
  • 21. Who returned and caught the narrator interacting with the woman?
A) Another missionary
B) His former guide
C) The priest and several tribesmen
D) French soldiers
  • 22. What punishment was inflicted on the narrator after he was caught with the woman?
A) They beat him and removed his tongue
B) They crucified him immediately
C) They banished him to the desert without water
D) They locked him in a cage forever
  • 23. Who was scheduled to be sent to Taghaza to look after the children?
A) Another missionary
B) The narrator's mentor
C) A medical doctor
D) A new French general
  • 24. How many French soldiers made up the garrison maintained to ensure the new missionary's safety?
A) Fifty
B) A hundred
C) Ten
D) Twenty
  • 25. What did the narrator decide to do upon learning about the new missionary?
A) Convert the garrison
B) Flee back to France
C) Welcome him and warn him of danger
D) Escape, steal a rifle, and kill him
  • 26. What was the narrator's ultimate intention in killing the new missionary?
A) To instigate a conflict between the French and the Tribe
B) To stop the spread of Christianity
C) To steal his belongings
D) To avenge his own beating
  • 27. What broader goal did the narrator hope would result from the conflict with the French?
A) To secure independence for Mali
B) To rescue the captive woman
C) To give the tribe a chance to conquer and spread throughout Europe
D) To establish a new religious order
  • 28. What tool does the narrator use to beat the missionary to death?
A) A heavy stone
B) His rifle butt
C) His bare hands
D) A metal rod
  • 29. What did the narrator feel as he struck the missionary's face?
A) Fear of divine retribution
B) How good it feels to strike the face of goodness
C) Deep remorse and sorrow
D) Complete indifference
  • 30. Who came for the narrator immediately after the missionary was killed?
A) The French garrison
B) The tribesmen
C) Wild desert animals
D) His former mentor
  • 31. What alerted the tribesmen to the narrator's actions?
A) His gunfire
B) The missionary's screams
C) A signal fire
D) The arrival of French soldiers
  • 32. What happens to the narrator at the very end of the story?
A) He escapes successfully into the desert
B) He is recaptured and tortured/executed
C) He becomes the new priest of the tribe
D) He is rescued by the French garrison
  • 33. Who does the narrator compare himself to while being crucified/tortured?
A) Judas Iscariot
B) The martyred Christ
C) Saint Peter
D) Pontius Pilate
  • 34. What does the narrator declare his love for while undergoing execution?
A) The memory of his home
B) The French flag
C) The freedom of the tribe
D) The nails which crucify him
  • 35. What realization causes the narrator to hastily try to convert back to the side of good and mercy?
A) The French soldiers offer him mercy
B) He realizes he killed an innocent man
C) The Fetish is not coming to save him and the powers of good are winning
D) His mentor arrives to forgive him
  • 36. What point of view does the narrative switch to for the closing line of the story?
A) Second person point of view
B) Third person point of view
C) Omniscient narrator perspective
D) First person point of view
  • 37. What is the exact final phrase of the short story?
A) And darkness covered the face of the desert.
B) Silence returned to the House of the Fetish.
C) He died believing in the power of hatred.
D) A fistful of salt fills the mouth of the babbling slave.
  • 38. In Camus's view, what does religious faith distract the individual from?
A) Physical health
B) Material wealth
C) The real
D) Scientific progress
  • 39. What Absurd notion is present in the house of the Fetish?
A) Silence creates wisdom
B) Virtue creates sin
C) Freedom creates slavery
D) Pain creates happiness
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