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