The Plague Quizzes

The Plague Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Last reviewed June 09, 2020

1 What country is Oran in?

Libya

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco
2 What decade does the plague take place in?

1950s

1930s

1940s

1900s
3 What creatures' deaths augur the plague?

Cats

Birds

Rats

Mice
4 What do the people of Oran care most about?

Commerce

Art

Politics

Love
5 Which of the following words does not describe Oran?

Hot

Quaint

Stark

Windy
6 Who is the first to die of plague?

Othon

Richard

Tarrou

Michel
7 Where is Rieux's wife?

Visiting family

At a sanitarium

Traveling

At a medical clinic
8 Who tries to commit suicide?

Tarrou

Cottard

Rambert

Grand
9 The first phase is that of ___.

portents and confusion

reckoning

death and dissolution

panic
10 Tarrou's chronicle is very ___.

thorough

sparse

idiosyncratic

confusing
11 Who is the first to label the disease "plague"?

Rieux

Richard

The Prefect

Castel
12 In the early stages the people ___.

think the illness will die out

are mostly wrapped up in themselves

cannot believe the future is canceled

all of these
13 Who works in the Municipal Office?

Rambert

Cottard

Grand

Tarrou
14 Why is Rieux annoyed with the Prefect?

Refusal to call any meetings

Unwilling to issue any rules at all

Too alarmist

Too much focus on naming and not the issue itself
15 As the plague spreads, Cottard becomes more ___.

religious

amiable

introverted

altruistic
16 What does Cottard say the town needs?

An earthquake

A bomb

A storm

More plague
17 Early regulations include all the following except ___.

quarantining of family members

compulsory declaration of fever

disinfection of residences

forced exile from the town
18 One of the hardest parts of the plague is the feeling of ___.

confusion

exile

loneliness

fear
19 Which of the following is NOT true?

Language cannot encompass the plague.

Oran is cut off from trade.

The past, present, and future are all untenable and unknown.

The foreigners stuck in Oran have an easier time than the residents.
20 Who is full of plague anecdotes?

Paneloux

Grand

Cottard

Tarrou
21 Grand's backstory includes all the following except ___.

hard work at his job

a literary endeavor

a failed marriage

a bad relationship with a child
22 What is Rambert's main goal?

To stay in Oran until it is safe to leave

To get out of Oran

To write a good chronicle

To be of help
23 Rambert accuses Rieux of living in a world of ___.

reality

falseness

abstractions

ambiguity
24 What does Rieux consider no longer useful to him?

Love

Energy

Friendship

Pity
25 How much has Grand accomplished of his manuscript?

All of it

None of it

The opening chapter

The opening line

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