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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is up with Grand?
(a) He is afraid of Cottard.
(b) He has caught the plague.
(c) He is having a psychotic breakdown.
(d) He is exhausted.

2. Which trio of men develop a close friendship?
(a) Tarrou, Othon and Cottard.
(b) Rieux, Fr, Paneloux and Rambert
(c) Cottard, Rieux and Cottard.
(d) Rieux, Tarrou and Grand.

3. Who does Rieux confide in?
(a) His mother.
(b) Fr Paneloux
(c) Grand.
(d) Cottard.

4. What was Tarrou's father's occupation?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was a concert pianist.
(c) He was a prosecuting attorney.
(d) He was an undertaker.

5. What does Dr. Rieux fear?
(a) That rats will eat the corpses.
(b) That the church will make a lot of money from the burials.
(c) That corpses will be piled in the streets.
(d) That he will himself catch the plague.

6. What important Christian feast is ignored this year?
(a) Pentecost.
(b) All Souls' Day.
(c) The Feast of the Assumption.
(d) Christmas.

7. To what does Dr. Rieux confess?
(a) That he did not love his wife.
(b) That he is the narrator.
(c) That he is a secret believer in Christianity.
(d) That he has stolen Tarrou's journal.

8. What is different about Tarrou's journal at this point?
(a) It is written in red ink.
(b) It is full of fantasy.
(c) It is harder to read and not so well organised.
(d) He writes only on every second line.

9. For which people has the plague not ended?
(a) Priests and nuns.
(b) Those who have no-one to greet them on arrival.
(c) The doctors.
(d) Staff in the municipal offices.

10. How is Tarrou reminded of his mother?
(a) A cafe waitress.
(b) Mme Othon is quite similar.
(c) Madame Rieux is quite similar..
(d) He sees a portrait of Rieux's wife and sees a resemblance.

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

12. How does Rieux find out about his wife's condition?
(a) He calls his wife.
(b) He sends a telegram.
(c) He calls the house physician.
(d) He writes to the sanatorium,

13. How does Rieux encourage Tarrou?
(a) He tells him he has been nominated for a Papal knighthood.
(b) He tells him he must live if he is to be a saint.
(c) He tells him he is the best friend he could ever hope to have.
(d) He tells him his illness is improving.

14. What decison does Rambert make?
(a) To buy a new apartment with a view over the bay.
(b) He decides to stay and help to fight the plague.
(c) To smuggle medicines into Oran.
(d) To escape and return to his wife.

15. What is Cottard's reaction to the officials?
(a) He offers them cigarettes.
(b) He flees.
(c) He tells them he has plague.
(d) He asks them to join him for dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the second way?

2. Why does Tarrou thank Rieux?

3. What does Rieux do with Grand's manuscript?

4. Who is now an important plague victim?

5. What happens on January 25th?

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