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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is up with Grand?
(a) He is having a psychotic breakdown.
(b) He is exhausted.
(c) He is afraid of Cottard.
(d) He has caught the plague.

2. What important experience shaped Tarrou's view of capital punishment?
(a) Reading about Nazi Germany.
(b) Watching murderers set free without punishment.
(c) Watching executions in Hungary.
(d) Watching executions in Burma.

3. What happens when Rieux tries to get Grand into the car?
(a) Grand runs away, then falls over.
(b) Grand takes the car keys and runs away.
(c) Rieux has to hit him to make him keep quiet.
(d) Grand hits him.

4. What has Dr. Castel achieved?
(a) He has inoculated more people than Dr. Rieux.
(b) He has isolated the plague bacillus for the first time.
(c) He has produced a serum suitable for local conditions.
(d) He has brokered a deal with France to manufacture serum.

5. What additional friendship has Tarrou made?
(a) With Cottard.
(b) With Fr Paneloux.With the Prefect.
(c)
(d) With Rambert.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what predicament does Rambert find himself?

2. In his struggle of conscience, who does Rambert resemble?

3. What does Rieux do with Grand's manuscript?

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

5. What important meeting takes place?

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