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

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

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

4. What is making things difficult for cinema owners?
(a) They have to charge lower admission fees.
(b) They can't get ushers because of the plague.
(c) They are only allowed to show newsreels.
(d) They have no new films to show.

5. How do people find out about the plague death rate?
(a) By word of mouth.
(b) Via radio broadcasts.
(c) On television.
(d) By reading the newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are people seeking pleasure?

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

3. What is the apparent result of this weather condition?

4. Which prominent citizen joins the volunteers?

5. What does Rieux tell Rambert?

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