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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. Who is the worst affected emotionally when the patient dies?
(a) M. Othon
(b) Dr. Rieux.
(c) M. Tarrou
(d) Fr Paneloux.

2. Why are individual burials dispensed with?
(a) The cemetery is full.
(b) The death rate is too high to keep pace.
(c) The gravediggers are threatening to go on strike.
(d) People cannot afford expensive funerals.

3. Who is Joseph Grand?
(a) He is a Masonic Grand Master.
(b) He is Dr. Rieux's neighbor.
(c) He is Cottard's neighbor.
(d) He is M. Tarrou's neighbor.

4. In what activity has Cottard become involved?
(a) Writing a novel.
(b) Smuggling. (Profiteering from the plague.)
(c) Volunteering to assist in the fight against the plague.
(d) Running guns to Mardeilles.

5. How is food distributed to the people in the camp?
(a) By donkey.
(b) The food is sent in by the Red Cross and dropped from helicopters.
(c) Via small electric trucks.
(d) The food is provided by relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Tarrou compare lawyers and judges?

2. When did Tarrou's mother die?

3. What human attitude concerns Rieux?

4. Who comes with Grand to see Dr Rieux?

5. What does Grand reveal?

(see the answer key)

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