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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the sermon, what happens in the town?
(a) People panic.
(b) People couldn't care less.
(c) People are motivated to help the plague victims.
(d) People go back to work.

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

4. How has Rieux's work-load increased?
(a) He has to treat plague vistims, experiment on rats and run a 500-bed plague hospital.
(b) He is now required to treat 100 patients per day.
(c) He now treats patients as well as administering a 500-bed plague hospital.
(d) He has to do research to produce plague serum, treat patients and administer a hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rieux worried about?

2. How does Rieux caution Tarrou?

3. What is the town's response to the Week of Prayer?

4. What sort of communication is forbidden?

5. In what way are people allowed to communicate with those outside the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do you think Tarrou and Rieux are of like mind?

2. What is the situation with plague serum?

3. Who is Joseph Grand?

4. Why is Mme. Rieux concerned about her son?

5. What does Dr. Rieux muse about in Part 1 Chapter 5?

6. Which character is very persistent in Part 2 Chapter 5?

7. What is Dr. Rieux worried about in Chapter 2?

8. What does Fr. Paneloux tell the people in his sermon at High Mass?

9. As described in Chapter 7, what are the first steps taken to deal with the crisis?

10. What is the problem about the announcements being made about the disease?

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