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

3. What is the situation with food supply?
(a) Food needs to be imported.
(b) The town is about to run out of food.
(c) There is no more flour for brioche.
(d) It is thought that this will soon improve.

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

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

6. Tarrou's opinion of Grand is:
(a) That he is arrogant and controlling.
(b) That he is nondescript.
(c) That he is a man of quiet courage.
(d) That he is unlikeable and annoying.

7. What target audience has Fr Paneloux for his special sermon?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) The plague wrkers.
(d) The medical community.

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

9. What is at the core of Rambert's problem?
(a) He knows money can buy happiness but to get it, he'd have to steal.
(b) He is afraid of making decisions.
(c) A fear that his wife will divorce him.
(d) A struggle between doing the right thing or chasing his own happiness.

10. Why does Tarrou thank Rieux?
(a) For not charging him.
(b) For getting special serum for him.
(c) For telling him the truth.
(d) For looking after him.

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

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

13. How did Tarrou respond to his father's court performance?
(a) He was very proud of his father.
(b) He was embarrassed.
(c) He thought the accused deserved his fate.
(d) He had compassion for the accused.

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

15. To what does Tarrou compare lawyers and judges?
(a) The plague.
(b) Saints.
(c) Gardeners.
(d) The elders of the Church.