The Plague Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Plague Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jean Tarrou?

2. What interesting character enters the novel at this point?

3. Why is use of the telephone severely restricted?

4. Where do notices about the disease appear?

5. What does Dr. Rieux think about the illness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the heatwave further discourage the citizens of Oran?

4. Why is Jean Tarrou important in the story?

5. What factors are making life stressful for Dr. Rieux?

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

7. What does M. Grand reveal in Part 2 Chapter 4?

8. Who is Raymond Rambert?

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

10. Why is Cottard questioned by the police?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Dr. Rieux has had to deal with scarcely imaginable tragedy in the wider community. At the very end, when he reasonably expected to return to a normal life, he is hit with personal trady in the deaths of his friend Tarrou and then of his beloved wife. Why is Rieux able to survive all this? What ideas and attitudes does the character of Dr. Rieux symbolise? What does he show to us about the human spirit? Write a thoughtful, detailed essay drawing on the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two characters from the novel, one appealing, the other not so. Compare and contrast these two characters, referring closely to the text.

Essay Topic 3

The blurb on the cover of the Penguin Edition of The Plague (c. 1969) says that the novel 'expresses most clearly the author's basic humanitarianism'. In a detailed essay, account for this point of view.

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