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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 reason does Rieux give for writing his tale of the plague in Oran?
(a) To warn people about rats.
(b) So everyone will know what an important person he has been.
(c) As a gift for his mother and in memory of his wife.
(d) As a record of those who were determined to resist the plague and heal its victims.

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

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

4. What strongly motivates Rambert's plan to escape.
(a) Fear he will lose his job.
(b) Love for a woman.
(c) Fear of the plague.
(d) Self-love and preservation.

5. What important experience shaped Tarrou's view of capital punishment?
(a) Watching murderers set free without punishment.
(b) Watching executions in Hungary.
(c) Watching executions in Burma.
(d) Reading about Nazi Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tarrou go home with Cottard?

2. Which prominent citizen joins the volunteers?

3. Having made his decision, what must Rambert now give up?

4. What happens when Rieux tries to get Grand into the car?

5. What is taking place in the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Account for Cottard's behavior in Part 5 Chapter 5.

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

3. How is it possible for Cottard to help Rambert?

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

5. What is the reason for Rambert's decision?

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

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

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

9. How can we tell that Tarrou is a force for good in the town?

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

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