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

2. How does Rieux treat the plague victims?
(a) He can do nothing.
(b) He applies poultices to the abscesses and makes the people stay indoors.
(c) He injects them with penicillin.
(d) He lances and drains the abscesses.

3. How does the Spaniard spend his days?
(a) Reading.
(b) Counting dried peas.
(c) Writing a novel.
(d) Counting rats.

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

5. An unusual thing about the city is that:
(a) Everybody has a garden.
(b) It has abundant water.
(c) It is famous for its plants and animals.
(d) It has no native plants or animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What else does Dr Rieux muse about in relation to the plague?

3. Who is also in attendance when Cottard is questioned?

4. The narrator tells us that the city is:

5. Who is the first victim of the plague?

(see the answer key)

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