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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 is one aspect of the plague that Dr Rieux considers?
(a) Its future.
(b) Its cure.
(c) Its treatment.
(d) Its history.

2. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?
(a) To investigate the welfare of Arabs in Oran.
(b) To interview the polic magistrate.
(c) To investigate the plague of rats in Oran.
(d) To research suicide deaths in Oran.

3. What action has Dr. Rieux already taken?
(a) He has ordered supplies of anti-plague serum.
(b) He has bought a train ticket out of town.
(c) He has started to manufacture anti-plague serum.
(d) He has organised mass poisonings of rats.

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

5. Why is use of the telephone severely restricted?
(a) Because there is only one line available.
(b) Because doctors need the phone lines open.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) The lines have been congested.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Spaniard's medical condition?

3. What sight disturbs Rieux as he drives home?

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

5. With what does Rieux contrast pictures of the plague through history?

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