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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important change in people's behavior does Tarrou record?
(a) That they laugh at the plague.
(b) That everyone laughs, especially drunks.
(c) That they are more tolerant of drunks.
(d) That nobody laughs, except drunks.

2. What is Rieux worried about?
(a) That the people will panic.
(b) That the disease will get out of hand and kill half the population.
(c) That the disease will affect his wife.
(d) That the trains will stop running.

3. What does Tarrou reveal to Rambert about Rieux?
(a) That he is profiteering from the plague.
(b) That his wife is being unfaithful and has left.
(c) That his wife is in a sanatorium in another city.
(d) That he has been unfaithful and his wife has left him.

4. Which prominent citizen joins the volunteers?
(a) Fr Paneloux.
(b) Dr. Castel.
(c) Cardinal Richelieu.
(d) The Prefect.

5. What weather conditions set in after the sermon?
(a) There is a hurricane.
(b) There is snow.
(c) The weather is unchanged.
(d) There is a heatwave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Rieux think about the illness?

2. What measures is the Prefect forced to take?

3. What is the focus in the questioning of Cottard?

4. How has Rieux's work-load increased?

5. What action has Dr. Rieux already taken?

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