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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who questions Cottard?
(a) Inspector Clouseau.
(b) M. Tarrou.
(c) A public health official.
(d) The police inspector.

2. What else does Dr Rieux muse about in relation to the plague?
(a) Its use as a biological weapon.
(b) Its geography.
(c) Its symptoms/manifestations.
(d) Its power.

3. Who makes the order to close the town?
(a) Dr. Rieux.
(b) M. Othon.
(c) The French President.
(d) The Prefect.

4. What is the Spaniard's medical condition?
(a) He has tuberculosis.
(b) He is bedridden with asthma.
(c) He has bubolic plague.
(d) He is bedridden with cancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rieux confide in?

2. What does Dr. Rieux urge the committee to do?

3. How do the people of Oran react to the sermon at High Mass?

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

5. What is Fr Paneloux's religious order?

(see the answer key)

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