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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. Why is M. Othon's release from camp delayed?
(a) He has not done the paperwork.
(b) There is suspicion that he has plague.
(c) He has upset the Prefect.
(d) There has been a mistake.

2. What does Rieux do with Grand's manuscript?
(a) He reads it and offers to find Grand a literary agent.
(b) He accidentally knocks it into the fire.
(c) He burns it, only because Grand demands it.
(d) He burns it out of spite.

3. How do his friends try to help Grand?
(a) They help him with his grocery shopping.
(b) They smuggle in paper for his novel-writing.
(c) They try to organise a promotion for him at work.
(d) They help him try to find a satisfactory opening sentence for his novel.

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

5. With what does Rieux contrast pictures of the plague through history?
(a) A photograph of his wife.
(b) The tranquil and beautiful spring day.
(c) Cottard's predicament.
(d) Pictures of Oran's parks and gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the second way?

2. How does Rieux find out about his wife's condition?

3. Why is M. Grand an interesting character?

4. Who removes the dead rat from Dr Rieux's landing?

5. What is the situation with food supply?

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