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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. To what does Tarrou compare lawyers and judges?
(a) Gardeners.
(b) Saints.
(c) The elders of the Church.
(d) The plague.

2. What criticism is made of Fr Paneloux after the sermon?
(a) That he has committed polysemy.
(b) That he has committed sacrilege.
(c) That he has committed simony.
(d) That he can't be heard at the back of the church.

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

4. What makes Tarrou and Rieux very conscious of their isolation?
(a) Looking at a full moon.
(b) The silences at night.
(c) The view from the terrace at the asthma patient's home.
(d) The fact that they never get mail from the outside world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What decison does Rambert make?

2. What news does his mother give to Rieux?

3. In his struggle of conscience, who does Rambert resemble?

4. What is Tarrou's opinion of his fellow human beings?

5. What is Dr. Castel's work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why cannot jubilation be complete at this point (Part 5 Chapter 1)?

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

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

5. Which characters now volunteer as plague workers?

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

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

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

9. What is unusual about Tarrou's illness?

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

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