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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. How does Rieux treat the plague victims?
(a) He applies poultices to the abscesses and makes the people stay indoors.
(b) He injects them with penicillin.
(c) He can do nothing.
(d) He lances and drains the abscesses.

2. Why does Rieux ask Tarrou to do this?
(a) Because he is too busy to do it himself.
(b) Because he doesn't speak English.
(c) Because he has terrible handwriting.
(d) Because he wants to write an article about it for the Medical Journal.

3. Who is the first victim of the plague?
(a) M. Cottard.
(b) The concierge in Dr. Rieux's apartment building.
(c) The Spaniard.
(d) A railway porter.

4. The narrator tells us that the city is:
(a) Modern.
(b) Boring.
(c) Needs better design.
(d) Exciting and vibrant.

5. What is NOT a symptom of the plague?
(a) Buboes.
(b) Extreme thirst.
(c) Delerium.
(d) Fear of water (hydrophobia).

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one aspect of the plague that Dr Rieux considers?

2. What is the focus in the questioning of Cottard?

3. An unusual thing about the city is that:

4. How is the city situated geographically?

5. What human attitude concerns Rieux?

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