The Stranger (Camus) Part 1

What term most specifically sums up the philosophy behind The Stranger?

• realism

• romanticism

• classicism

• existentialism

• modernism

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of the following is not true about the funeral for the narrator’s mother?

• The narrator smokes cigarettes before the vigil.

• The narrator declines the opportunity to see his mother’s open coffin.

• The narrator falls asleep during the vigil for his mother.

• The narrator isn’t able to tell mourners of his mother’s age.

• The narrator delivers a eulogy, a speech, at the funeral.

What word best sums up the narrator’s emotions regarding his mother’s death?

• broken-hearted

• indifferent

• infuriated

• saddened

• regretful

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the narrator do the day after his mother’s funeral?

• He visits his father in Paris.

• He writes a Shakespearean sonnet in tribute of his mother.

• He goes on a date to the movies.

• He attends a business meeting with new clients.

• He spends all day inside, crying.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the narrator’s neighbor, Raymond, asks a favor, the narrator agrees to “have a shot at it.” What does the narrator agree to do?

• He agrees to write a letter to a girl.

• He agrees to beat up a man.

• He agrees to pick up a package at the post office.

• He agrees to clip Raymond’s toenails.

• He agrees to break into a window.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What question from the girl Marie prompts the narrator to respond, “I said that sort of question had no meaning, really; but I supposed I didn’t?” (44).

• She asks him if he wants to go to Paris.

• She asks him if he loves her.

• She asks him if he misses his mother.

• She asks him if he would like to see democracy in Algeria.

• She asks him if he liked the color blue.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What two proposals does the narrator receive in the same day?

• To live in Asia and to fly in a balloon

• To do his taxes and to rob a grave

• To commit a murder and to meet with a famous writer

• To leave Algiers and to join a cult

• To work in Paris and to get married

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Who has abandoned the narrator’s neighbor, Salamano?

• his wife

• his son

• his dog

• his priest

• his mistress

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the narrator do for no apparent reason?

• He kills a man.

• He jumps off a bridge.

• He kicks a dog.

• He steals a loaf of bread.

• He slaps his girlfriend.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following words is not used frequently to describe the beach scene?

• glare

• breeze

• fire

• light

• sweat

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4