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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is this information to be found?
(a) In the newspapers.
(b) On walls, as in public notices.
(c) In Tarrou's journal.
(d) On walls, as graffiti.

2. Who must Rieux take with him when he has to evacuate a plague victim?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A judge and a second doctor.
(c) A police officer.
(d) Two other doctors.

3. Who makes the order to close the town?
(a) M. Othon.
(b) The French President.
(c) The Prefect.
(d) Dr. Rieux.

4. The narrator tells us that the city is:
(a) Boring.
(b) Modern.
(c) Exciting and vibrant.
(d) Needs better design.

5. What problem has the Prefect to deal with, making his job harder?
(a) People are pressurising him to sack Dr. Rieux.
(b) His wife is having an affair and he doesn't know with whom.
(c) He has to deal with a rebellion and drunkenness.
(d) People keep taking their frustrations out on him and ask him to bend the rules for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way are people allowed to communicate with those outside the city?

2. Why is use of the telephone severely restricted?

3. Why does Rieux ask Tarrou to do this?

4. In what city is the story set?

5. What is M. Grand's job?

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