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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. How is Tarrou reminded of his mother?
(a) He sees a portrait of Rieux's wife and sees a resemblance.
(b) Mme Othon is quite similar.
(c) A cafe waitress.
(d) Madame Rieux is quite similar..

2. Where is M. Othon quarantined?
(a) His home.
(b) A camp.
(c) In the city jail.
(d) A hospital.

3. What is the prime factor in his decision?
(a) His love.
(b) Dr. Rieux's support.
(c) His conscience.
(d) His finances.

4. What important Christian feast is ignored this year?
(a) Christmas.
(b) The Feast of the Assumption.
(c) All Souls' Day.
(d) Pentecost.

5. What is Cottard's reaction to the officials?
(a) He tells them he has plague.
(b) He asks them to join him for dinner.
(c) He offers them cigarettes.
(d) He flees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the city government respond to looting?

2. Who does Rieux confide in?

3. What does Rieux do with Grand's manuscript?

4. How has Fr Paneloux assisted the community during the plague?

5. Which character cannot be saved by the serum?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Dr. Castel's serum is likely to be of help?

2. In what way is Cottard shown to be different from other characters in The Plague?

3. What changes does the plague seem to be undergoing?

4. What do you think has led Dr. Rieux to unburden himself to Grand?

5. What sort of man was Jean Tarrou's father?

6. Account for Cottard's behavior in Part 5 Chapter 5.

7. Account for the difference tenor and content of Fr Paneloux's new sermon, compared with that he gave at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer.

8. What is the significance of M. Grand's struggle against the plague in Part 4 Chapter 7?

9. Explain the significance of The Plague's final paragraph.

10. Explain the nature of the irony in the beginning of Part 5 Chapter 3.

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