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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. Which is the second way?
(a) The disease is now more like ebola.
(b) The plague is becoming more virulent.
(c) Most people suffer now from bubonic plague.
(d) More patients are suffering pneumonic rather than bubonic plague.

2. What additional friendship has Tarrou made?
(a)
(b) With Rambert.
(c) With Fr Paneloux.With the Prefect.
(d) With Cottard.

3. Who is now an important plague victim?
(a) Dr. Rieux's mother.
(b) M Othon's wife.
(c) Dr. Castel.
(d) M. Othon's little boy.

4. What was the elder Tarrou's obsession?
(a) Lego.
(b) Watching court cases.
(c) The railway directory.
(d) Model trains.

5. Who is the worst affected emotionally when the patient dies?
(a) M. Othon
(b) Dr. Rieux.
(c) M. Tarrou
(d) Fr Paneloux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Prefect order?

2. When did Tarrou's mother die?

3. How are people coping as the plague continues?

4. What important experience shaped Tarrou's view of capital punishment?

5. What makes Tarrou and Rieux very conscious of their isolation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Has Cottard really gained from his profiteering during the plague?

4. What gives the people cause for hope in Part 5 Chapter 1?

5. In what ways do Tarrou's plague symptoms first appear?

6. Which characters now volunteer as plague workers?

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

8. What drastic developments are depicted in Part 3 Chapter 1?

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

10. Comment on the change in M. Othon.

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