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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes with M. Joseph Grand to see Dr Rieux?
(a) The police inspector.
(b) Cardinal Richelieu.
(c) M. Cottard.
(d) M. Tarrou.

2. What is M. Grand's job?
(a) He is Manager at the Municipal Office.
(b) He is a clerk at the hospital.
(c) He is a bank manager.
(d) He is a clerk in the Municipal Office.

3. By what means do influential town leaders hope to resist the plague?
(a) Organising a Week of Sacrifice.
(b) Disinfecting the streets.
(c) Inoculating the population.
(d) Organising a Week of Prayer.

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

5. What point is Camus making through this chapter?
(a) That human beings can cope quite well in isolation.
(b) That isolation increases human misery.
(c) That we should accept musery.
(d) That plague is incurable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Spaniard's medical condition?

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

3. How does the Spaniard spend his days?

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

5. Who questions Cottard?

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