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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rieux caution Tarrou?
(a) He cautions him against having an inoculation because the serum is weak.
(b) He tells him not to drink the water.
(c) He tells him he is at risk and must have an inoculation.
(d) He tells him there is no risk if he has an inoculation.

2. What action does the Prefect take?
(a) He leaves the city.
(b) He calls a meeting.
(c) He makes a speech on the radio.
(d) He makes the proclamation of plague.

3. In what important way has the plague changed?
(a) It has changed from bubonic to harmonic.
(b) It has changed from bubonic to pneumonic.
(c) It has become much more severe.
(d) It has changed from pneumonic to bubonic.

4. Who volunteers to help Rieux?
(a) Paneloux.
(b) Tarrou.
(c) Cottard.
(d) Rambert.

5. Where do notices about the disease appear?
(a) In newspapers and on posters.
(b) In cinema advertisements.
(c) In magazines, posters and conema advertising.
(d) By direct mail put through letter-boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Rieux disclose that the apris serum is not ideally effective?

2. The plague is changing in two ways. What is the first way?

3. Who makes a rueful observance about the feast day?

4. Why are newspaper reports optimistic?

5. What is Rieux's attitude to religion and God?

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