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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 is Rieux called out to treat M. Cottard?
(a) M. Cottard has pneumonia.
(b) M. Cottard has attempted to hang himself.
(c) M. Cottard has suffered a fit.
(d) M. Cottard has slashed his wrists.

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

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

4. Who is Jean Tarrou?
(a) A man of independent means (comfortable income).
(b) A railway worker.
(c) A government official.
(d) A journalist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a symptom of the plague?

2. The narrator tells us that the city is:

3. How does the Spaniard spend his days?

4. What human attitude concerns Rieux?

5. In what country is the story set?

(see the answer key)

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