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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is M. Othon's release from camp delayed?

2. What becomes the last resort for disposal of corpses?

3. With what does Dr. Rieux treat this patient?

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

5. How does the city government respond to looting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about Tarrou's illness?

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

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

4. Comment on the 'reality' behind the phenomenon of the Oran people, now free of the plague, walking the streets.

5. Account for the difference tenor and content of Fr Paneloux's new sermon, compared with that he gave at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer.

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

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

8. Which characters now volunteer as plague workers?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters from the novel, one appealing, the other not so. Compare and contrast these two characters, referring closely to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Weather conditions in Oran are frequently described at important points in the novel. Examine the ways three of these are connected emotionally or thematically with the action and/or characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The Plague depicts people coping with a terrible crisis. It is concerned with separation and loss. Choose three characters from the novel and discuss the way each of them deals with separation and loss.

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