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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 does Tarrou go home with Cottard?
(a) Cottard insists.
(b) Cottard has a present for him.
(c) He is invited for dinner.
(d) Cottard is unwell.

2. What does Rambert anticipate happening when he meets his wife again?
(a) She will worry that he has lost weight.
(b) He has changed, so will reject her.
(c) Instant happiness.
(d) Things will be over between them.

3. What happens when the man shoots into the street?
(a) He runs out of ammunition.
(b) Grand is killed.
(c) A young woman is killed.
(d) A dog is killed.

4. What is the choice Fr Paneloux talks about in his sermon?
(a) Choice between a secular and a religious life.
(b) Losing faith or sacrificing oneself for it.
(c) Treating the plague or letting it run its course in patients.
(d) Trusting God or trusting in yourself and Science.

5. What important Christian feast is ignored this year?
(a) Pentecost.
(b) The Feast of the Assumption.
(c) Christmas.
(d) All Souls' Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which voice is now telling the story?

2. How do his friends try to help Grand?

3. Why does Rieux weep?

4. What has Dr. Castel achieved?

5. Who is the worst affected emotionally when the patient dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tarrou's philosophy?

2. What changes does the plague seem to be undergoing?

3. What is the significance of M. Grand's struggle against the plague in Part 4 Chapter 7?

4. Why is there a steady supply of workers taking care of burials?

5. In Part 4 Chapter 3, what is the situation regarding the plague serum?

6. What sort of man was Jean Tarrou's father?

7. What is the effect of the child's death upon the other characters?

8. Explain the nature of the irony in the beginning of Part 5 Chapter 3.

9. Do you think Dr. Castel's serum is likely to be of help?

10. Comment on the change in M. Othon.

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