Question

Elements of this novel were borrowed from its author’s unpublished work A Happy Death, although this novel is written in the first person. In this novel, Thomas Perez faints during a funeral procession for a woman whose death (10[1])forms the backdrop for this novel’s opening. Acquaintances (10[1])of this novel’s (10[1])narrator include his dog-beating neighbor (10[1])Salamano (10[3])and his girlfriend Marie. (10[1])This novel ends with the narrator wishing for a large crowd of people to be present at his execution. (10[1])In this novel, Raymond Sintès fights with two Arabs on a beach, before the narrator shoots one of them five times. For 10 points, name this novel about Meursault (“mer-SOH”) by Albert Camus (“cam-OO”). ■END■

ANSWER: The Stranger [or L’Etranger or The Outsider]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
David MathewPurdue AIllinois C3710
Sam AlahiIllinois AIowa B4510
Brielle RachIowa ANorthwestern B4810
Sam KonkelChicago AIllinois D5310
Franke GordonNorthwestern AChicago B5410
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame AIllinois B5410
Max KoldaNotre Dame CWashU B5410
Sebastian PujetWashU ASIUE5810
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BIndiana7710

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%85.22
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%53.38
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY13100%0%8%70.54
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY989%0%0%85.88
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%70.00
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%53.33