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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character cannot be saved by the serum?
(a) Mme. Rieux.
(b) M. Cottard.
(c) M. Othon.
(d) M. Grand.

2. How is Rambert's wife arriving?
(a) By car.
(b) By air from Casablanca.
(c) By ship from Marseilles.
(d) By train.

3. What does Tarrou reveal to Rambert about Rieux?
(a) That his wife is being unfaithful and has left.
(b) That his wife is in a sanatorium in another city.
(c) That he has been unfaithful and his wife has left him.
(d) That he is profiteering from the plague.

4. How did Tarrou respond to his father's court performance?
(a) He was very proud of his father.
(b) He had compassion for the accused.
(c) He thought the accused deserved his fate.
(d) He was embarrassed.

5. Who is now an important plague victim?
(a) Dr. Rieux's mother.
(b) M Othon's wife.
(c) Dr. Castel.
(d) M. Othon's little boy.

6. With what does Dr. Rieux treat this patient?
(a) Mustard plasters and cupping.
(b) An ancient garlic compound.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Dr. Castel's serum.

7. What is taking place in the town?
(a) People are visiting graves of plague victims.
(b) Street races.
(c) Looting.
(d) Joyful celebration.

8. What has Dr. Castel achieved?
(a) He has inoculated more people than Dr. Rieux.
(b) He has produced a serum suitable for local conditions.
(c) He has isolated the plague bacillus for the first time.
(d) He has brokered a deal with France to manufacture serum.

9. Why does Tarrou thank Rieux?
(a) For telling him the truth.
(b) For getting special serum for him.
(c) For looking after him.
(d) For not charging him.

10. What additional friendship has Tarrou made?
(a) With Fr Paneloux.With the Prefect.
(b)
(c) With Cottard.
(d) With Rambert.

11. What strongly motivates Rambert's plan to escape.
(a) Fear of the plague.
(b) Fear he will lose his job.
(c) Love for a woman.
(d) Self-love and preservation.

12. In what activity has Cottard become involved?
(a) Volunteering to assist in the fight against the plague.
(b) Running guns to Mardeilles.
(c) Smuggling. (Profiteering from the plague.)
(d) Writing a novel.

13. Who makes a rueful observance about the feast day?
(a) Dr. Rieux.
(b) M. Grand.
(c) M. Cottard.
(d) Dr. Rieux's mother.

14. Which prominent citizen joins the volunteers?
(a) The Prefect.
(b) Cardinal Richelieu.
(c) Fr Paneloux.
(d) Dr. Castel.

15. What does Rambert anticipate happening when he meets his wife again?
(a) He has changed, so will reject her.
(b) She will worry that he has lost weight.
(c) Things will be over between them.
(d) Instant happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his struggle of conscience, who does Rambert resemble?

2. How does the city government respond to looting?

3. What is the reason for cautious optimism in the town?

4. Having made his decision, what must Rambert now give up?

5. Where is M. Othon quarantined?

(see the answer keys)

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