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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important information is given in the notices?
(a) Cases of vever are to be treated at home after they are reported, a black mark has to be painted on the door of a plague house and volunteers are needed for trial of a serum.
(b) Cases of fever are to be treated by Dr Rieux, the rats are to be exteminated and the water supply monitored.
(c) Cases of fever are to be reported, rats will be exterminated and the water supply monitored.
(d) Cases of fever are to be reported and a bounty has been placed on rats.

2. Who volunteers to help Rieux?
(a) Cottard.
(b) Rambert.
(c) Paneloux.
(d) Tarrou.

3. How does Rieux caution Tarrou?
(a) He cautions him against having an inoculation because the serum is weak.
(b) He tells him not to drink the water.
(c) He tells him there is no risk if he has an inoculation.
(d) He tells him he is at risk and must have an inoculation.

4. Who makes the order to close the town?
(a) M. Othon.
(b) Dr. Rieux.
(c) The French President.
(d) The Prefect.

5. What is Rieux's attitude to religion and God?
(a) He is open to being converted.
(b) He believes ardently and attends Mass regularly.
(c) He is not a believer.
(d) He believes religion is all right some of the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes a rueful observance about the feast day?

2. The plague is changing in two ways. What is the first way?

3. To whom does Rieux disclose that the apris serum is not ideally effective?

4. What important Christian feast is ignored this year?

5. Why are newspaper reports optimistic?

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