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This novel’s protagonist wishes that there would be a “large crowd of spectators” for his execution day. (15[1])While waiting for his time in court, (15[1])this novel’s protagonist mentally lists all the objects of his old apartment. The dog-abusing Salamano and the (15[1])mistress-abusing Raymond Sintes appear in this novel. This novel’s protagonist drinks coffee and smokes at the (*) funeral of his mother, whose death he announces with the line “Maman died today. Or yesterday, maybe." After claiming to feel discomfort from the heat and the “dazzling spear” of a knife, Mersault (“mehr-SO”) shoots an Arab on the beach in, For 10 points, what novel by Albert Camus? ■END■

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