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