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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. Why are the townspeople not told the disease is plague?
(a) Dr Rieux is panicking.
(b) The authorities fear a panic will result.
(c) The authorities are not sure that the disease is.
(d) Inspector Clouseau has arrived.

2. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?
(a) To investigate the welfare of Arabs in Oran.
(b) To interview the polic magistrate.
(c) To investigate the plague of rats in Oran.
(d) To research suicide deaths in Oran.

3. What is the Spaniard's medical condition?
(a) He is bedridden with asthma.
(b) He is bedridden with cancer.
(c) He has bubolic plague.
(d) He has tuberculosis.

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

5. What is one result of the sealed city?
(a) People are more likely to get plague.
(b) People are more likely to recover from plague.
(c) People are cut off from loved ones.
(d) The Prefect has a feeling of great power.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is the story set?

2. The narrator tells us that the city is:

3. Which method is successful for the character in attaining the goal?

4. What important change in people's behavior does Tarrou record?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Joseph Grand?

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

4. Why is Jean Tarrou important in the story?

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

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

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

8. When does the Prefect finally take action?

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

10. What does Tarrou record about M. Othon?

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