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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 does Dr. Rieux think about the illness?
(a) He thinks it is asthma.
(b) He thinks it is an unknown disease.
(c) He thinks it is plague.
(d) He thinks it is tuberculosis.

2. What reason does Grand give for his problem?
(a) He is not satisfied with his ideas.
(b) He is not satisfied with the words.
(c) He has become bored with the whole thing.
(d) He is not satisfied with the paper he is using.

3. What does Grand reveal?
(a) That he is in disguise.
(b) That he wrote the sermon.
(c) That he is writing a novel.
(d) That he has a secret girlfriend.

4. The narrator tells us that the city is:
(a) Modern.
(b) Exciting and vibrant.
(c) Boring.
(d) Needs better design.

5. What does Dr. Rieux urge the committee to do?
(a) Avoid panicking the citizens.
(b) Start public health measures as if the disease is plague.
(c) Get rid of all rats.
(d) Inoculate the Prefect with anti-plague serum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sight disturbs Rieux as he drives home?

2. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?

3. Why is use of the telephone severely restricted?

4. What is the problem regarding the city gates?

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

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