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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rieux confide?
(a) That he is in despair and contemplating suicide.
(b) That he has been profiteering from the plague.
(c) That his wife's condition has worsened.
(d) That his wife is getting much better.

2. In what way is the character similar emotionally to the townspeople?
(a) Both are indifferent to the world.
(b) Both are despondent.
(c) Both are jubilant.
(d) Both are cynical.

3. What is the choice Fr Paneloux talks about in his sermon?
(a) Treating the plague or letting it run its course in patients.
(b) Losing faith or sacrificing oneself for it.
(c) Trusting God or trusting in yourself and Science.
(d) Choice between a secular and a religious life.

4. What is the prime factor in his decision?
(a) His finances.
(b) His conscience.
(c) His love.
(d) Dr. Rieux's support.

5. Where is this information to be found?
(a) On walls, as in public notices.
(b) In the newspapers.
(c) In Tarrou's journal.
(d) On walls, as graffiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one result of the sealed city?

2. What does Grand reveal?

3. How has Fr Paneloux assisted the community during the plague?

4. Who volunteers to help Rieux?

5. What is Dr. Castel's work?

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