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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. Tarrou's opinion of Grand is:
(a) That he is a man of quiet courage.
(b) That he is arrogant and controlling.
(c) That he is nondescript.
(d) That he is unlikeable and annoying.

2. What is one result of the sealed city?
(a) People are more likely to get plague.
(b) People are cut off from loved ones.
(c) The Prefect has a feeling of great power.
(d) People are more likely to recover from plague.

3. What makes Tarrou and Rieux very conscious of their isolation?
(a) The silences at night.
(b) Looking at a full moon.
(c) The fact that they never get mail from the outside world.
(d) The view from the terrace at the asthma patient's home.

4. What causes panic in the town?
(a) A possible attack from Germany.
(b) The number of rat deaths.
(c) The plague of rats.
(d) The number of people dying from plague.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do workers take on the risky business of burying plague victims?

2. Who preaches the closing sermon at High Mass?

3. What does Tarrou reveal to Rambert about Rieux?

4. What creative problem does Grand have?

5. What becomes the last resort for disposal of corpses?

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