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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action has Dr. Rieux already taken?
(a) He has bought a train ticket out of town.
(b) He has ordered supplies of anti-plague serum.
(c) He has organised mass poisonings of rats.
(d) He has started to manufacture anti-plague serum.

2. Who is the first victim of the plague?
(a) The concierge in Dr. Rieux's apartment building.
(b) M. Cottard.
(c) The Spaniard.
(d) A railway porter.

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

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

5. What important information is given in the notices?
(a) Cases of fever are to be reported, rats will be exterminated and the water supply monitored.
(b) Cases of fever are to be reported and a bounty has been placed on rats.
(c) Cases of fever are to be treated by Dr Rieux, the rats are to be exteminated and the water supply monitored.
(d) Cases of vever are to be treated at home after they are reported, a black mark has to be painted on the door of a plague house and volunteers are needed for trial of a serum.

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

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

8. In what way is the character similar emotionally to the townspeople?
(a) Both are cynical.
(b) Both are despondent.
(c) Both are indifferent to the world.
(d) Both are jubilant.

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

10. What is Fr Paneloux's religious order?
(a) He is a Jesuit.
(b) He is a Franciscan.
(c) He is a Dominican.
(d) He is a Discalced Carmelite.

11. What sort of communication is forbidden?
(a) Writing or receiving letters.
(b) Making audio tapes.
(c) Sending telegrams.
(d) Kissing and embracing in the street.

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

13. What else does Dr Rieux muse about in relation to the plague?
(a) Its geography.
(b) Its use as a biological weapon.
(c) Its symptoms/manifestations.
(d) Its power.

14. Who makes the order to close the town?
(a) Dr. Rieux.
(b) The French President.
(c) The Prefect.
(d) M. Othon.

15. Why don't all sufferers have hospital treatment?
(a) Dr Rieux has quarantined them.
(b) They have no transport.
(c) There are not enough beds at the hospital.
(d) They die before they can get to hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rieux treat the plague victims?

2. How does the Spaniard spend his days?

3. What creative problem does Grand have?

4. With what does Rieux contrast pictures of the plague through history?

5. What does Tarrou say about Othon as a father?

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