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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. Who must Rieux take with him when he has to evacuate a plague victim?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A judge and a second doctor.
(c) Two other doctors.
(d) A police officer.

2. What important experience shaped Tarrou's view of capital punishment?
(a) Watching murderers set free without punishment.
(b) Watching executions in Hungary.
(c) Reading about Nazi Germany.
(d) Watching executions in Burma.

3. Which trio of men develop a close friendship?
(a) Cottard, Rieux and Cottard.
(b) Tarrou, Othon and Cottard.
(c) Rieux, Fr, Paneloux and Rambert
(d) Rieux, Tarrou and Grand.

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

5. Who makes a rueful observance about the feast day?
(a) Dr. Rieux.
(b) M. Grand.
(c) Dr. Rieux's mother.
(d) M. Cottard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Having made his decision, what must Rambert now give up?

2. Tarrou's opinion of Grand is:

3. This chapter focuses on which character in the novel?

4. What interesting character enters the novel at this point?

5. What is Rieux's opinion about the case?

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