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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. How has Rieux's work-load increased?
(a) He has to treat plague vistims, experiment on rats and run a 500-bed plague hospital.
(b) He is now required to treat 100 patients per day.
(c) He has to do research to produce plague serum, treat patients and administer a hospital.
(d) He now treats patients as well as administering a 500-bed plague hospital.

2. What weather conditions set in after the sermon?
(a) There is a hurricane.
(b) There is a heatwave.
(c) The weather is unchanged.
(d) There is snow.

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

4. What was the elder Tarrou's obsession?
(a) Watching court cases.
(b) The railway directory.
(c) Model trains.
(d) Lego.

5. What does Tarrou say about Othon as a father?
(a) That he is a loving disciplinarian.
(b) That he is neglectful of his children.
(c) That he cannot control his children.
(d) That he is very demanding and controlling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticism is made of Fr Paneloux after the sermon?

2. In what way has Grand's marriage affected his future?

3. Where is Grand taken for treatment?

4. What is one result of the sealed city?

5. Who is the first victim of the plague?

(see the answer key)

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