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Meursault
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How does Meursault find out about his mothers death?
A telegram he recieved.
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What city does Meurault get offered a job?
Paris.
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What was the cause of Albert Camus's death?
A car crash.
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"I'd smack her around a little bit, but nice-like, you might say."
Raymond
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Who does Meursault befriend?
A pimp named Raymond.
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What city does the novel take place?
Algiers.
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What is Meursault's final wish before he is executed?
For there to be a crowd.
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What prize did Camus win in 1957?
The Nobel Prize
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"Maybe. Still, if you don't die soon, you'll die one day. And then the same question will arise. How will you face that terrible, final hour?"
The Chaplain
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What most concerns the court at Meursaults murder trial?
His lack of grief over his mothers death.
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How does Raymond get off the hook from the cops?
He tells that his girlfriend was cheatin on him. The cops gave him a warning.
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What is Meursault's response to Marie when she first asks him if he loves her?
"I said that sort of question had no meaning, really; but I supposed I didn't."
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In what war did Camus's father die in?
WWI
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"Let's hope the dogs won't bark again tonight. I always think it's mine I hear..."
Salamono
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Who accompanies Raymond to the police station?
Meursault
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What is the one thing Meursault knows about his father?
He once went to an execution and threw up afterwards.
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Exactly how many times does Meursault shoot the Arabian?
Five times.
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What war did Camus participate in under the French Resistance?
WWII
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"Never in all my experience have I known a soul so case-hardened as yours."
The Examining Magistrate
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Who owns the beach house that Raymond, Marie, and Meursault visit?
Raymond's friend Masson
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What is Meursaults sentence at the end of the trail?
Death by guillotine! Beheaded in a public square in the name of the French people.
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What does the chaplain try to convince Meursault to do?
Find god or follow a religion.
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What political party was Camus involved with in his early years but opposed shortly after and spoke against after WWII?
The Communist Party.
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"Well, you taught her a lesson, all right, and that's what you wanted, isn't it?"
Meursault
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Why does Meursault vow to attend every execution if he is to be set free?
He says that it is interesting, looking at it from a different angle.