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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. Having made his decision, what must Rambert now give up?
(a) Happiness with his wife.
(b) His nationality/citizenship.
(c) His job at the newspaper.
(d) A large income.

2. What happens when Rieux tries to get Grand into the car?
(a) Grand runs away, then falls over.
(b) Rieux has to hit him to make him keep quiet.
(c) Grand takes the car keys and runs away.
(d) Grand hits him.

3. What is Cottard's reaction to the officials?
(a) He asks them to join him for dinner.
(b) He tells them he has plague.
(c) He flees.
(d) He offers them cigarettes.

4. What does the Prefect order?
(a) That food stores should open on Sundays.
(b) The street lighting is to be turned on again.
(c) A bonfire and fireworks night.
(d) A week of prayer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Rieux give for writing his tale of the plague in Oran?

2. What is the result of this treatment?

3. For which people has the plague not ended?

4. What seems to be an important factor in the reduction of plague deaths?

5. What does Rambert anticipate happening when he meets his wife again?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Cottard shown to be different from other characters in The Plague?

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

3. How are local printing firms and newspapers able to profit by people's fear of the plague?

4. What is the situation in the camps for people in quarantine?

5. What choice does Rambert make in Part 4 Chapter 2?

6. Explain the significance of The Plague's final paragraph.

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

8. What do you think has led Dr. Rieux to unburden himself to Grand?

9. What is Tarrou's philosophy?

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

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