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The Stranger

Albert Camus

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- Plot Overview
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
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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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