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

2. Having made his decision, what must Rambert now give up?
(a) His job at the newspaper.
(b) Happiness with his wife.
(c) His nationality/citizenship.
(d) A large income.

3. Where is Grand taken for treatment?
(a) The Catholic hospital.
(b) Rieux and Tarrou look after him at home.
(c) Dr Rieux's home.
(d) A military hospital.

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

5. To what does Tarrou compare lawyers and judges?
(a) Saints.
(b) The plague.
(c) The elders of the Church.
(d) Gardeners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first victim of the plague?

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

3. What interesting character enters the novel at this point?

4. What target audience has Fr Paneloux for his special sermon?

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

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