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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important meeting takes place?
(a) The Prefect meets Dr. Rieux's wife.
(b) The Prefect meets a committee of doctors.
(c) The Prefect meets with ratcatchers.
(d) The Prefect meets a committee of concerned citizens.

2. What is the Spaniard's medical condition?
(a) He has tuberculosis.
(b) He is bedridden with asthma.
(c) He is bedridden with cancer.
(d) He has bubolic plague.

3. What is the problem regarding the city gates?
(a) They were closed too late to make a difference.
(b) They cannot be closed.
(c) They were closed before the announcement was made.
(d) They are not high enough and people escape.

4. In what way are people allowed to communicate with those outside the city?
(a) Telegram.
(b) Carrier pigeons.
(c) They are not allowed to communicate at all.
(d) Mobile phones.

5. With what does Rieux contrast pictures of the plague through history?
(a) Cottard's predicament.
(b) Pictures of Oran's parks and gardens.
(c) The tranquil and beautiful spring day.
(d) A photograph of his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?

2. How does Rieux treat the plague victims?

3. What is Rieux worried about?

4. Who is the first victim of the plague?

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

(see the answer key)

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