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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rieux treat the plague victims?
(a) He injects them with penicillin.
(b) He applies poultices to the abscesses and makes the people stay indoors.
(c) He can do nothing.
(d) He lances and drains the abscesses.

2. This chapter focuses on which character in the novel?
(a) Tarrou.
(b) Rieux.
(c) Rambert.
(d) Othon.

3. What is the apparent result of this weather condition?
(a) Rats are washed into the water supply.
(b) The rain refreshes everyone.
(c) There is an increase in the number of plague victims.
(d) The number of plague victims decreases.

4. What important meeting takes place?
(a) The Prefect meets a committee of doctors.
(b) The Prefect meets with ratcatchers.
(c) The Prefect meets Dr. Rieux's wife.
(d) The Prefect meets a committee of concerned citizens.

5. How does the Spaniard spend his days?
(a) Reading.
(b) Counting rats.
(c) Counting dried peas.
(d) Writing a novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a symptom of the plague?

2. What measures is the Prefect forced to take?

3. What methods does the character use to attain the goal or goals?

4. What is one aspect of the plague that Dr Rieux considers?

5. How is the city situated geographically?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tarrou record about M. Othon?

2. What is one result of the sudden closing of the city gates?

3. What factors are making life stressful for Dr. Rieux?

4. As described in Chapter 7, what are the first steps taken to deal with the crisis?

5. What do you think is interesting about Grand?

6. What literary device does Camus use in Chapter 5 to accentuate meaning?

7. What is Dr. Rieux worried about in Chapter 2?

8. Why is Jean Tarrou important in the story?

9. Who is Raymond Rambert?

10. In what way do you think Tarrou and Rieux are of like mind?

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