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The paper is a survey of results on quasiprimitive groups and finite arc-transitive graphs with vertex-quasiprimitive automorphism groups. The concept of a quasiprimitive group action is a generalization of the one of a primitive action, and a permutation group on a set \(\Omega\) is said to be quasiprimitive if all its non-trivial normal subgroups are transitive on \(\Omega\). The author successfully argues the importance of the study of quasiprimitive graphs for a better understanding of several classes of arc-transitive graphs; the claim is supported by a series of examples. An O'Nan-Scott type classification of quasiprimitive groups is presented and applied to the class of finite quasiprimitive 2-arc transitive vertex-transitive graphs. A discussion of the full automorphism groups of quasiprimitive graphs concludes the paper that includes an extensive list of open problems. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0869.00029].