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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 was Tarrou's father's occupation?
(a) He was a concert pianist.
(b) He was an undertaker.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a prosecuting attorney.

2. In his struggle of conscience, who does Rambert resemble?
(a) Fr Paneloux
(b) Dr. Castel
(c) The author, Albert Camus.
(d) Dr. Rieux

3. What reason does Cottard give for his suicide attempt?
(a) 'A secret grief.'
(b) 'A delayed grief.'
(c) 'A grief observed.'
(d) 'A silent grief.'

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

5. How is M. Othon's predicament solved?
(a) The Prefect intervenes and sorts things out.
(b) Rieux intervenes and sorts things out.
(c) Rambert threatens to write a news article about it.
(d) The mislaid paperwork is found.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which prominent citizen joins the volunteers?

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

3. What does Tarrou say about Othon as a father?

4. Where is Grand taken for treatment?

5. What was the elder Tarrou's obsession?

(see the answer key)

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