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The Stranger

Albert Camus

Study Guide

Summary
- Plot Overview
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
- Context
- Full Book Quiz
- Study Questions
- Suggestion for Further Reading
Writing Help

Further study Plot Overview Quiz

Plot Overview Quiz

1 of 5
What does Meursault learn from the telegram?

His mother has died in Marengo.
His father has died in Algiers.
Thomas Perez urgently needs to see him.
His childhood home has burned down.

2 of 5
Who stabs Raymond?

Salamano
An Arab man
Meursault
An Algerian man

3 of 5
Why does Meursault shoot the brother of Raymond's mistress?

Because he stabbed Raymond
Because he tried to touch Marie
For no apparent reason
To right the world's many injustices

4 of 5
What does Meursault tell the chaplain he believes in?

A meaningless, purely physical world
The meaninglessness of spiritual endeavor
The ceaselessness of pain and suffering
The inevitability of fate

5 of 5
What does Meursault accept at the end of the novel?

The "gentle indifference of the world"
The "interconnectedness of all things"
The "meaninglessness of life"

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The Stranger: Popular pages

CHARACTERS Character List
CHARACTERS Meursault: Character Analysis
QUOTES Quotes by Theme
MAIN IDEAS Themes
FURTHER STUDY Review Quiz

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