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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. What sight disturbs Rieux as he drives home?
(a) A woman screaming in agony and dripping blood.
(b) A woman carrying a dead rat that is bleeding horribly.
(c) People attacking a screaming woman who is covered in blood.
(d) A woman throwing dead rats in litter bins.

2. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?
(a) To investigate the welfare of Arabs in Oran.
(b) To research suicide deaths in Oran.
(c) To interview the polic magistrate.
(d) To investigate the plague of rats in Oran.

3. Which method is successful for the character in attaining the goal?
(a) Sabotage.
(b) Civil disobedience.
(c) None. He fails.
(d) Rational argument.

4. What interesting character enters the novel at this point?
(a) The plague itself.
(b) Inspector Clouseau.
(c) Dr Rieux's mother-in-law.
(d) The Oran water supply.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of communication is forbidden?

2. How is the city situated geographically?

3. What is making things difficult for cinema owners?

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

5. By what means do influential town leaders hope to resist the plague?

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