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