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

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

3. The narrator tells us that the city is:
(a) Needs better design.
(b) Exciting and vibrant.
(c) Boring.
(d) Modern.

4. Which method is successful for the character in attaining the goal?
(a) None. He fails.
(b) Rational argument.
(c) Sabotage.
(d) Civil disobedience.

5. Who comes with Grand to see Dr Rieux?
(a) The chief of police.
(b) M. Cottard.
(c) Mme. de Valois.
(d) M. Tarrou.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do notices about the disease appear?

2. What is Fr Paneloux's special area of expertise?

3. Who questions Cottard?

4. What sort of communication is forbidden?

5. What does Rieux ask Jean Tarrou to do for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is news of the plague kept from the people?

2. Who is Joseph Grand?

3. Why is Cottard questioned by the police?

4. What does Dr. Rieux muse about in Part 1 Chapter 5?

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

6. How does the relationship between Dr. Rieux and M. Grand develop?

7. What is the main function of the city of Oran?

8. Why is Mme. Rieux concerned about her son?

9. What is the problem about the announcements being made about the disease?

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

(see the answer keys)

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