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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is M. Othon quarantined?
(a) His home.
(b) In the city jail.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A camp.

2. How many people have contracted the disease and recovered?
(a) Forty.
(b) One.
(c) None. All have died.
(d) Everone has recovered.

3. What important change in people's behavior does Tarrou record?
(a) That they laugh at the plague.
(b) That they are more tolerant of drunks.
(c) That everyone laughs, especially drunks.
(d) That nobody laughs, except drunks.

4. What news does his mother give to Rieux?
(a) That the trains are running again.
(b) That she is sick.
(c) That she is leaving for Paris.
(d) That Tarrou is sick.

5. How are people coping as the plague continues?
(a) They are in despair and suicides are frequent.
(b) They become very religious and attend Mass evry day.
(c) They are full of fear and drink to excess.
(d) They become indifferent to what is happening to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells us that the city is:

2. What is one aspect of the plague that Dr Rieux considers?

3. Why don't all sufferers have hospital treatment?

4. How does Rieux treat the plague victims?

5. Tarrou's opinion of Grand is:

(see the answer key)

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