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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people have contracted the disease and recovered?
(a) Forty.
(b) One.
(c) None. All have died.
(d) Everone has recovered.

2. Who comes with M. Joseph Grand to see Dr Rieux?
(a) Cardinal Richelieu.
(b) M. Tarrou.
(c) M. Cottard.
(d) The police inspector.

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

4. Who must Rieux take with him when he has to evacuate a plague victim?
(a) A judge and a second doctor.
(b) A police officer.
(c) Two other doctors.
(d) A nurse.

5. What does Rieux ask Jean Tarrou to do for him?
(a) To write to the local authorities about the rats.
(b) To provide funding for treating plague victims.
(c) To write to his wife for him.
(d) To write a journal documenting the plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Spaniard spend his days?

2. What does Dr. Rieux urge the committee to do?

3. In what country is the story set?

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

5. What important information is given in the notices?

(see the answer key)

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