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Quiz about The Stranger by Albert Camus
Quiz about The Stranger by Albert Camus

"The Stranger" by Albert Camus Quiz


"The Stranger" tells of a most interesting man named Meursault (pronounced Merr-so). He seems to lack ordinary human emotion while at the same time displaying a most noble honesty.

A multiple-choice quiz by star_gazer. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
star_gazer
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
333,610
Updated
Jul 06 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
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Question 1 of 10
1. In what country does "The Stranger" take place? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. At the start of the novel, Meursault is traveling to attend the funeral of who? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Meursault is happy to get home after the tiresome funeral. The next day he goes swimming and meets a beautiful lady. Meursault asks her on a date to see a comedy movie. That night they sleep together. What is her name? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Meursault meets his apartment neighbor: a shady man named Raymond who works as a pimp. A woman that Raymond had been sleeping with cheated on Raymond. Raymond asks Meursault to write her a letter to convince her to return to Raymond; he plans to sleep with her again and then spit in her face. How does Meursault respond to Raymond's request? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Raymond invites his new friend Meursault and Meursault's girlfriend to go with him to the beach house of Raymond's friend Masson and Masson's wife. While on the beach the Arab brother of the girl that Raymond had spit on appears. He pulls out a knife and cuts Raymond badly. The Arab then quickly leaves the beach, what did the others do? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. When Raymond returns from visiting the hospital he is all bandaged up. Raymond walks alone on the beach. Meursault catches up to him and the two walk back to the beach house. Meursault remains outside once they arrive and walks alone on the hot beach; the heat begins to overwhelm him. The Arab suddenly appears and flashes his knife in the sun. When that flash of light hits Meursault's eyes, sweat pours down his face. He then does what to the Arab? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Meursault is put in jail. It is there that he meets his lawyer who explains to Meursault that he has "every prospect of getting off" but that he has been accused of behaving with "great callousness" at the recent funeral. The lawyer then asks permission to say that at the funeral he "kept his feelings under control". Meursault refuses, telling the lawyer that that would not be true.

Later, Meursault is taken to meet with the magistrate. In the course of their interview, the magistrate gets very upset with Meursault. What about Meursault angers the magistrate?
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Question 8 of 10
8. During the trial, a clear travesty of justice occurs. The prosecutor focuses on Meursault as having been one so uncaring that he refused to cry at the recent funeral. When put under its microscope the world finds Meursault to be a stranger for his lack of sentimentality and his powerful honesty. The prosecutor is quite skilled at legal theatrics and at one point calls Meursault what? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "One thing about this phase of the trial was rather irksome. Quite often, interested as I was in what they had to say, I was tempted to put in a word, myself. But my lawyer had advised me not to. 'You won't do your case any good by talking,' he had warned me. In fact, there seemed to be a conspiracy to exclude me from the proceedings; I wasn't to have any say and my fate was to be decided out of hand."

This quote of Meursault's during his murder trial aligns well with what personal philosophy of Albert Camus'?
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Question 10 of 10
10. Sadly, Meursault is found guilty of murder and is sentenced to die by the guillotine. He nervously waits in his prison cell and refuses to see the priest. However, the priest does not respect Meursault's wishes and arrives for a visit unannounced.

The priest asks Meursault why he does not believe in God and what he thinks to be the meaning of life. Meursault tells him that he does not like being bothered by questions that he thinks are "unnecessary"; he also becomes aware of the priest using "familiar tactics" to create emotion. Finally, after being constantly pestered, Meursault explodes on this uncaring priest and grabs him and starts yelling in his face. Prison guards rush in and separate the two leaving Meursault alone again.

What was the name of the priest?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what country does "The Stranger" take place?

Answer: Algeria

Meursault was a French Algerian, as was Albert Camus. In "The Stranger", Meursault mirrors Camus in a number of other ways. Camus was brought up in near poverty and Meursault is a man also of little money. Meursault works as a clerk, work that Camus had once also done. And Meursault is an atheist, as was Camus.
2. At the start of the novel, Meursault is traveling to attend the funeral of who?

Answer: His mother

The book opens with Meursault on a bus, then he arrives at the nursing home where his mother lived, he attends her wake, and then her funeral.

During these events he never expresses any sorrow for the death of his mother. He remains very calm and carefully observes all that he sees when at the nursing home. He thinks fondly of his mother but does not miss her in any fashion.
3. Meursault is happy to get home after the tiresome funeral. The next day he goes swimming and meets a beautiful lady. Meursault asks her on a date to see a comedy movie. That night they sleep together. What is her name?

Answer: Marie

Meursault finds joy in spending romantic time with Marie. He is kind to her and she is fond of him. Meursault clearly is not devoid of human emotion; however, Marie is surprised when he tells her that his mother had just died.
4. Meursault meets his apartment neighbor: a shady man named Raymond who works as a pimp. A woman that Raymond had been sleeping with cheated on Raymond. Raymond asks Meursault to write her a letter to convince her to return to Raymond; he plans to sleep with her again and then spit in her face. How does Meursault respond to Raymond's request?

Answer: He writes the letter

Although Raymond is clearly a bad man, Meursault helps him to do his dirty work. Meursault does not look down at or fear Raymond's evil ways; he accepts Raymond for who he is and even becomes his friend.

While Meursault is amoral (without morality), Raymond is immoral (with bad morality).
5. Raymond invites his new friend Meursault and Meursault's girlfriend to go with him to the beach house of Raymond's friend Masson and Masson's wife. While on the beach the Arab brother of the girl that Raymond had spit on appears. He pulls out a knife and cuts Raymond badly. The Arab then quickly leaves the beach, what did the others do?

Answer: Went back to the beach house

Now the chaos begins. How did poor Meursault get himself involved in this nonsense? Just earlier in the novel, things had been so peaceful and carefree for him.

Camus has brilliantly brought us into his philosophy of the absurd. We immediately want to be in control and understand our human situation; but the truth, Camus demonstrates, is that we are not in control and we are unable to understand. Yes, this is uncomfortable; but it still is the truth.
6. When Raymond returns from visiting the hospital he is all bandaged up. Raymond walks alone on the beach. Meursault catches up to him and the two walk back to the beach house. Meursault remains outside once they arrive and walks alone on the hot beach; the heat begins to overwhelm him. The Arab suddenly appears and flashes his knife in the sun. When that flash of light hits Meursault's eyes, sweat pours down his face. He then does what to the Arab?

Answer: He shoots him

"Then everything began to reel before my eyes, a fiery gust came from the sea, while the sky cracked in two, from end to end, and a great sheet of flame poured down through the rift. Every nerve in my body was a steel spring, and my grip closed on the revolver.

The trigger gave, and the smooth underbelly of the butt jogged my palm. And so, with that crisp, whip crack sound, it all began. I shook off my sweat and the clinging veil of light. I knew I'd shattered the balance of the day, the spacious calm of this beach on which I had been happy.

But I fired four shots more into the inert body, on which they left no visible trace. And each successive shot was another loud, fateful rap on the door of my undoing."
7. Meursault is put in jail. It is there that he meets his lawyer who explains to Meursault that he has "every prospect of getting off" but that he has been accused of behaving with "great callousness" at the recent funeral. The lawyer then asks permission to say that at the funeral he "kept his feelings under control". Meursault refuses, telling the lawyer that that would not be true. Later, Meursault is taken to meet with the magistrate. In the course of their interview, the magistrate gets very upset with Meursault. What about Meursault angers the magistrate?

Answer: His atheism

Meursault is a French Algerian who has murdered an Arab Algerian. All he has to do is to play along with the lawyer and the magistrate and his punishment will be light. But Meursault refuses to be a phony! He will not pretend that he had feelings at his mother's funeral; nor will he pretend to believe in God.

Thus, these two characteristics become Meursault's crime. Sadly, no one cares about the dead Arab.
8. During the trial, a clear travesty of justice occurs. The prosecutor focuses on Meursault as having been one so uncaring that he refused to cry at the recent funeral. When put under its microscope the world finds Meursault to be a stranger for his lack of sentimentality and his powerful honesty. The prosecutor is quite skilled at legal theatrics and at one point calls Meursault what?

Answer: A monster

"After asking the jury and my lawyer if they had any questions, the Judge heard the doorkeeper's evidence. On stepping into the box the man threw a glance at me, then looked away. Replying to questions, he said that I'd declined to see Mother's body, I'd smoked cigarettes and slept, and drunk café au lait. It was then I felt a sort of wave of indignation spreading through the courtroom, and for the first time I understood that I was guilty."

This quote from "The Stranger" makes it very clear that it is for Meursault's behavior at his mother's funeral for which he is being tried, not for any other crime he may or may not of committed.
9. "One thing about this phase of the trial was rather irksome. Quite often, interested as I was in what they had to say, I was tempted to put in a word, myself. But my lawyer had advised me not to. 'You won't do your case any good by talking,' he had warned me. In fact, there seemed to be a conspiracy to exclude me from the proceedings; I wasn't to have any say and my fate was to be decided out of hand." This quote of Meursault's during his murder trial aligns well with what personal philosophy of Albert Camus'?

Answer: Absurd-ism

The notion of the Absurd contains the idea that in human life the only real meaning is that what we choose to assign to it. No one person or thing is bad or good unless we decide to believe that they are.

Because tragedy is all too familiar to humanity we can never have the confidence then we are in complete control. Ironically, Camus himself died in an auto accident at a young age and at the height of his popularity.
10. Sadly, Meursault is found guilty of murder and is sentenced to die by the guillotine. He nervously waits in his prison cell and refuses to see the priest. However, the priest does not respect Meursault's wishes and arrives for a visit unannounced. The priest asks Meursault why he does not believe in God and what he thinks to be the meaning of life. Meursault tells him that he does not like being bothered by questions that he thinks are "unnecessary"; he also becomes aware of the priest using "familiar tactics" to create emotion. Finally, after being constantly pestered, Meursault explodes on this uncaring priest and grabs him and starts yelling in his face. Prison guards rush in and separate the two leaving Meursault alone again. What was the name of the priest?

Answer: Not given

Once alone again Meursault is able to relax. No longer is he nervous and afraid of his execution. His outburst on the unkind priest is the one time in the novel that Meursault shows excessive emotion. It is his catharsis.

Meursault knows that he is innocent, but what is more important is that now he deeply feels that the awesome universe knows that he is innocent. What does it matter what all those silly courtroom people think; in fact, Meursault hopes that all those silly people scream hatred at him during his execution.
Source: Author star_gazer

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