The Plague Test | Final Test - Hard

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

The Plague Test | Final 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. How is Rambert's wife arriving?

2. What does Dr. Rieux fear?

3. How are people coping as the plague continues?

4. What makes Tarrou and Rieux very conscious of their isolation?

5. What is different about Tarrou's journal at this point?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why cannot jubilation be complete at this point (Part 5 Chapter 1)?

2. Has Cottard really gained from his profiteering during the plague?

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

4. What gives the people cause for hope in Part 5 Chapter 1?

5. How can we tell that Tarrou is a force for good in the town?

6. What is the situation in the camps for people in quarantine?

7. What is Tarrou's philosophy?

8. What is the effect of the child's death upon the other characters?

9. Which characters now volunteer as plague workers?

10. Comment on the change in M. Othon.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Plague includes conflict between certain ideologies and world views. For example, between those who do not believe in Christianity (like Dr. Rieux) and those who do. There is also action that represents the conflict between the interests of the individual and those of society. Select an area of ideological conflict that interests you and discuss the way this is represented in The Plague. Is the conflict resolved?

Essay Topic 2

In your own words, describe the setting of the city of Oran. Do you think this setting is an appropriate one for Camus' novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Rambert and Rieux. In what ways do these characters develop during the course of the novel?

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