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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes with Grand to see Dr Rieux?
(a) M. Cottard.
(b) M. Tarrou.
(c) The chief of police.
(d) Mme. de Valois.

2. What reason does Cottard give for his suicide attempt?
(a) 'A secret grief.'
(b) 'A silent grief.'
(c) 'A grief observed.'
(d) 'A delayed grief.'

3. What sight disturbs Rieux as he drives home?
(a) A woman carrying a dead rat that is bleeding horribly.
(b) A woman screaming in agony and dripping blood.
(c) A woman throwing dead rats in litter bins.
(d) People attacking a screaming woman who is covered in blood.

4. What action has Dr. Rieux already taken?
(a) He has started to manufacture anti-plague serum.
(b) He has bought a train ticket out of town.
(c) He has ordered supplies of anti-plague serum.
(d) He has organised mass poisonings of rats.

5. What human attitude concerns Rieux?
(a) Humans' quick acceptance of reality.
(b) Humans' inability to accept reality.
(c) Human prejudice and warmongering.
(d) Human infallibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a symptom of the plague?

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

3. Who removes the dead rat from Dr Rieux's landing?

4. Who is Joseph Grand?

5. An unusual thing about the city is that:

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