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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Joseph Grand?
(a) He is a Masonic Grand Master.
(b) He is Dr. Rieux's neighbor.
(c) He is Cottard's neighbor.
(d) He is M. Tarrou's neighbor.

2. What action does the Prefect take?
(a) He makes the proclamation of plague.
(b) He leaves the city.
(c) He makes a speech on the radio.
(d) He calls a meeting.

3. In what city is the story set?
(a) The city of Aran.
(b) The city of Algiers.
(c) The city of Oran.
(d) The city of Casablanca.

4. Why is use of the telephone severely restricted?
(a) Because doctors need the phone lines open.
(b) Because there is only one line available.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) The lines have been congested.

5. How do the people of Oran react to the sermon at High Mass?
(a) It's an enthusiastic reaction.
(b) People are very much in agreement.
(c) People reject it completely and become angry.
(d) It's a mixed reaction.

6. Why are the townspeople not told the disease is plague?
(a) Dr Rieux is panicking.
(b) The authorities fear a panic will result.
(c) The authorities are not sure that the disease is.
(d) Inspector Clouseau has arrived.

7. Which method is successful for the character in attaining the goal?
(a) Rational argument.
(b) Civil disobedience.
(c) Sabotage.
(d) None. He fails.

8. Why are people seeking pleasure?
(a) They are careless.
(b) It's a response to harsh new laws.
(c) They are rebelling against the church.
(d) It's a response to their lives being in danger.

9. How do people find out about the plague death rate?
(a) Via radio broadcasts.
(b) By word of mouth.
(c) By reading the newspapers.
(d) On television.

10. What is the main message of the closing sermon at High Mass?
(a) God has sent the plague to force people to repent.
(b) People smoke and drink too much.
(c) God is love.
(d) God no longer cares about humanity.

11. Why is M. Grand an interesting character?
(a) He has solved a great mystery.
(b) He has discovered something amazing hidden in the municipal archives.
(c) He leads an adventurous life.
(d) His life is not fulfilling, yet there is a mystery about him.

12. What creative problem does Grand have?
(a) He is stuck on page 6.
(b) He is having trouble with creating an antagonist.
(c) He can't do any research because of the plague.
(d) He is stuck on the first sentence.

13. To whom does Rieux disclose that the apris serum is not ideally effective?
(a) Rambert.
(b) His wife.
(c) Grand.
(d) His mother.

14. What important meeting takes place?
(a) The Prefect meets a committee of doctors.
(b) The Prefect meets with ratcatchers.
(c) The Prefect meets Dr. Rieux's wife.
(d) The Prefect meets a committee of concerned citizens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes with Grand to see Dr Rieux?

2. What does Grand reveal?

3. An unusual thing about the city is that:

4. In what era is the story set?

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

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