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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is the story set?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Algeria.
(c) France.
(d) Armenia.

2. Why are individual burials dispensed with?
(a) The death rate is too high to keep pace.
(b) The cemetery is full.
(c) People cannot afford expensive funerals.
(d) The gravediggers are threatening to go on strike.

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

4. What is the town's response to the Week of Prayer?
(a) They resist it, but it happens anyway.
(b) There is heavy attendance at Mass.
(c) Some people attend Mass, but most party on.
(d) People are indifferent, uninterested.

5. In his struggle of conscience, who does Rambert resemble?
(a) Fr Paneloux
(b) Dr. Rieux
(c) Dr. Castel
(d) The author, Albert Camus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rieux's attitude to religion and God?

2. An unusual thing about the city is that:

3. With whom is Fr Paneloux billeted?

4. What is at the core of Rambert's problem?

5. How does the city government respond to looting?

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