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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the townspeople not told the disease is plague?
(a) Inspector Clouseau has arrived.
(b) The authorities fear a panic will result.
(c) Dr Rieux is panicking.
(d) The authorities are not sure that the disease is.

2. What is NOT a symptom of the plague?
(a) Buboes.
(b) Delerium.
(c) Fear of water (hydrophobia).
(d) Extreme thirst.

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

4. Who removes the dead rat from Dr Rieux's landing?
(a) The concierge.
(b) Dr Rieux.
(c) Mrs Rieux.
(d) M. Othon.

5. Where is this information to be found?
(a) In the newspapers.
(b) On walls, as in public notices.
(c) On walls, as graffiti.
(d) In Tarrou's journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jean Tarrou?

2. Who questions Cottard?

3. What causes panic in the town?

4. The narrator tells us that the city is:

5. An unusual thing about the city is that:

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