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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 is the problem with the shipment of serum?
(a) It is the wrong sort.
(b) It is inadequate for needs.
(c) It has been accidentally destroyed in transit.
(d) It has been contaminated.

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

3. Why are people seeking pleasure?
(a) They are rebelling against the church.
(b) They are careless.
(c) It's a response to harsh new laws.
(d) It's a response to their lives being in danger.

4. What is the character's focus for action in this chapter?
(a) Communication with the outside world.
(b) A spouse
(c) Public health.
(d) A planned escape from Oran.

5. Who volunteers to help Rieux?
(a) Paneloux.
(b) Rambert.
(c) Cottard.
(d) Tarrou.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Tarrou say about Othon as a father?

4. Where is this information to be found?

5. How many people have contracted the disease and recovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2 Chapter 3, what measure is taken by the town leaders?

2. Who is Raymond Rambert?

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

4. Why is Jean Tarrou important in the story?

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

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

7. How does the heatwave further discourage the citizens of Oran?

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

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

10. What does Tarrou record about M. Othon?

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