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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jean Tarrou?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A railway worker.
(c) A man of independent means (comfortable income).
(d) A government official.

2. How is the city situated geographically?
(a) It is close to a plateau.
(b) It is next to delightful coastal beaches.
(c) It is the middle of a plateau.
(d) It is dominated by mountains.

3. Who questions Cottard?
(a) Inspector Clouseau.
(b) A public health official.
(c) The police inspector.
(d) M. Tarrou.

4. What is the focus in the questioning of Cottard?
(a) Dr Rieux's professional treatment.
(b) Tarrou's journal.
(c) Cottard's suicide attempt.
(d) Cottard's wife.

5. How does the Spaniard spend his days?
(a) Reading.
(b) Counting dried peas.
(c) Writing a novel.
(d) Counting rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is the story set?

2. Who is also in attendance when Cottard is questioned?

3. Why has the journalist Raymod Rambert come to Oran?

4. What interesting character enters the novel at this point?

5. With what does Rieux contrast pictures of the plague through history?

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