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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Rieux called out to treat M. Cottard?
(a) M. Cottard has pneumonia.
(b) M. Cottard has attempted to hang himself.
(c) M. Cottard has suffered a fit.
(d) M. Cottard has slashed his wrists.

2. Where is this information to be found?
(a) On walls, as graffiti.
(b) In Tarrou's journal.
(c) On walls, as in public notices.
(d) In the newspapers.

3. What is M. Grand's job?
(a) He is a clerk in the Municipal Office.
(b) He is a bank manager.
(c) He is a clerk at the hospital.
(d) He is Manager at the Municipal Office.

4. What is making things difficult for cinema owners?
(a) They have to charge lower admission fees.
(b) They are only allowed to show newsreels.
(c) They can't get ushers because of the plague.
(d) They have no new films to show.

5. What is NOT a symptom of the plague?
(a) Fear of water (hydrophobia).
(b) Delerium.
(c) Extreme thirst.
(d) Buboes.

6. What is Fr Paneloux's special area of expertise?
(a) He's famous for his sermons.
(b) He's an expert on ancient inscriptions.
(c) He's a skilled counsellor.
(d) He's a noted church organist.

7. By what means do influential town leaders hope to resist the plague?
(a) Inoculating the population.
(b) Organising a Week of Prayer.
(c) Disinfecting the streets.
(d) Organising a Week of Sacrifice.

8. In what important way has the plague changed?
(a) It has changed from bubonic to pneumonic.
(b) It has changed from pneumonic to bubonic.
(c) It has changed from bubonic to harmonic.
(d) It has become much more severe.

9. In what country is the story set?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Algeria.
(c) France.
(d) Armenia.

10. What is one aspect of the plague that Dr Rieux considers?
(a) Its future.
(b) Its treatment.
(c) Its cure.
(d) Its history.

11. What is Rieux worried about?
(a) That the disease will get out of hand and kill half the population.
(b) That the disease will affect his wife.
(c) That the trains will stop running.
(d) That the people will panic.

12. To whom does Rieux disclose that the apris serum is not ideally effective?
(a) Rambert.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) Grand.

13. What does Tarrou say about Othon as a father?
(a) That he is very demanding and controlling.
(b) That he is a loving disciplinarian.
(c) That he cannot control his children.
(d) That he is neglectful of his children.

14. Who removes the dead rat from Dr Rieux's landing?
(a) Mrs Rieux.
(b) M. Othon.
(c) The concierge.
(d) Dr Rieux.

15. Why does Rieux ask Tarrou to do this?
(a) Because he doesn't speak English.
(b) Because he wants to write an article about it for the Medical Journal.
(c) Because he has terrible handwriting.
(d) Because he is too busy to do it himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point is Camus making through this chapter?

2. Why is M. Grand an interesting character?

3. How do people find out about the plague death rate?

4. In what way are people allowed to communicate with those outside the city?

5. How do the people of Oran react to the sermon at High Mass?

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