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

2. Where is this information to be found?
(a) On walls, as in public notices.
(b) In the newspapers.
(c) On walls, as graffiti.
(d) In Tarrou's journal.

3. What action does the Prefect take?
(a) He makes the proclamation of plague.
(b) He makes a speech on the radio.
(c) He calls a meeting.
(d) He leaves the city.

4. What is M. Grand's job?
(a) He is a clerk at the hospital.
(b) He is Manager at the Municipal Office.
(c) He is a clerk in the Municipal Office.
(d) He is a bank manager.

5. In what way has Grand's marriage affected his future?
(a) He moved to Oran with his wife to escape her father.
(b) His became depressed because he found his wife boring.
(c) He left college and took a boring job.
(d) He finished college but could only get a boring job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?

2. Why is use of the telephone severely restricted?

3. Who makes the order to close the town?

4. How do people express their feelings after the sermon?

5. Who volunteers to help Rieux?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does M. Grand reveal in Part 2 Chapter 4?

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

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

4. Who is Raymond Rambert?

5. Why have telegrams become the main means of contact ordinary people now have with the outside world?

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

7. What does Fr. Paneloux tell the people in his sermon at High Mass?

8. What is the popular mood as described in Part 2 Chapter 5?

9. When does the Prefect finally take action?

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

(see the answer keys)

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