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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is the story set?
(a) Armenia.
(b) Algeria.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) France.

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

3. What does Rieux ask Jean Tarrou to do for him?
(a) To write a journal documenting the plague.
(b) To write to his wife for him.
(c) To write to the local authorities about the rats.
(d) To provide funding for treating plague victims.

4. In what way has Grand's marriage affected his future?
(a) He left college and took a boring job.
(b) His became depressed because he found his wife boring.
(c) He finished college but could only get a boring job.
(d) He moved to Oran with his wife to escape her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the focus in the questioning of Cottard?

2. How many people have contracted the disease and recovered?

3. What is the main message of the closing sermon at High Mass?

4. Who must Rieux take with him when he has to evacuate a plague victim?

5. The narrator tells us that the city is:

(see the answer key)

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