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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 interesting character enters the novel at this point?
(a) The Oran water supply.
(b) The plague itself.
(c) Inspector Clouseau.
(d) Dr Rieux's mother-in-law.

2. What is NOT a symptom of the plague?
(a) Buboes.
(b) Extreme thirst.
(c) Delerium.
(d) Fear of water (hydrophobia).

3. How does Rieux treat the plague victims?
(a) He injects them with penicillin.
(b) He applies poultices to the abscesses and makes the people stay indoors.
(c) He lances and drains the abscesses.
(d) He can do nothing.

4. Who is the first victim of the plague?
(a) M. Cottard.
(b) A railway porter.
(c) The Spaniard.
(d) The concierge in Dr. Rieux's apartment building.

5. What sight disturbs Rieux as he drives home?
(a) A woman throwing dead rats in litter bins.
(b) A woman carrying a dead rat that is bleeding horribly.
(c) A woman screaming in agony and dripping blood.
(d) People attacking a screaming woman who is covered in blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Cottard give for his suicide attempt?

2. What is the focus in the questioning of Cottard?

3. Why is use of the telephone severely restricted?

4. What is the Spaniard's medical condition?

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

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