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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does his mother give to Rieux?
(a) That the trains are running again.
(b) That Tarrou is sick.
(c) That she is leaving for Paris.
(d) That she is sick.

2. How does the city government respond to looting?
(a) Looters are shot on sight.
(b) All police leave is cancelled.
(c) Martial law and a curfew are imposed.
(d) Martial law is imposed and shops are boarded up at night.

3. How does Rieux break with policy?
(a) He treats Tarrou at home.
(b) He engages an expensive private nurse for Tarrou.
(c) He doesn't tell the Prefect that Tarrou is ill.
(d) He smuggles in an experimental serum.

4. What makes Tarrou and Rieux very conscious of their isolation?
(a) The view from the terrace at the asthma patient's home.
(b) Looking at a full moon.
(c) The fact that they never get mail from the outside world.
(d) The silences at night.

5. What strongly motivates Rambert's plan to escape.
(a) Love for a woman.
(b) Fear he will lose his job.
(c) Fear of the plague.
(d) Self-love and preservation.

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

7. Which voice is now telling the story?
(a) Raymond Rambert.
(b) Rieux's mother.
(c) Joseph Grand.
(d) The original narrator.

8. 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.

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

10. Having made his decision, what must Rambert now give up?
(a) A large income.
(b) Happiness with his wife.
(c) His job at the newspaper.
(d) His nationality/citizenship.

11. Which other character does Tarrou discuss in this part of his journal?
(a) M. Cottard.
(b) Fr, Paneloux.
(c) M. Othon.
(d) M. Grand.

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

13. What does Rambert anticipate happening when he meets his wife again?
(a) Instant happiness.
(b) He has changed, so will reject her.
(c) She will worry that he has lost weight.
(d) Things will be over between them.

14. With whom is Fr Paneloux billeted?
(a) Cardinal Richelieu.
(b) An old woman.
(c) M. Cottard.
(d) Dr. Rieux.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Grand taken for treatment?

2. What seems to be an important factor in the reduction of plague deaths?

3. How did Tarrou respond to his father's court performance?

4. In his struggle of conscience, who does Rambert resemble?

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

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