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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By what means do influential town leaders hope to resist the plague?
(a) Organising a Week of Prayer.
(b) Inoculating the population.
(c) Organising a Week of Sacrifice.
(d) Disinfecting the streets.

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

4. How many people have contracted the disease and recovered?
(a) None. All have died.
(b) Forty.
(c) Everone has recovered.
(d) One.

5. In what city is the story set?
(a) The city of Algiers.
(b) The city of Oran.
(c) The city of Casablanca.
(d) The city of Aran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point is Camus making through this chapter?

2. What else does Dr Rieux muse about in relation to the plague?

3. Why are the townspeople not told the disease is plague?

4. Who comes with M. Joseph Grand to see Dr Rieux?

5. An unusual thing about the city is that:

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