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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. In what city is the story set?
(a) The city of Algiers.
(b) The city of Casablanca.
(c) The city of Aran.
(d) The city of Oran.

2. Where do notices about the disease appear?
(a) By direct mail put through letter-boxes.
(b) In cinema advertisements.
(c) In newspapers and on posters.
(d) In magazines, posters and conema advertising.

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. What is the problem regarding the city gates?
(a) They were closed before the announcement was made.
(b) They cannot be closed.
(c) They are not high enough and people escape.
(d) They were closed too late to make a difference.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What methods does the character use to attain the goal or goals?

2. Who is also in attendance when Cottard is questioned?

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

4. What measures is the Prefect forced to take?

5. Why does Rieux ask Tarrou to do this?

(see the answer key)

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