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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cincinnatus ask to turn off the lights before he goes to bed?
(a) An empty room.
(b) The guard.
(c) The spider.
(d) The prison director.

2. What is Cincinnatus's lawyer looking for when he visits Cincinnatus?
(a) The lawyer is looking for his library card.
(b) The lawyer is looking for his reading glasses.
(c) The lawyer is looking for his cufflink.
(d) The lawyer is looking for his pen.

3. What color are the festive walls of Cincinnatus' cell, as the sun shines in through the freshly washed window?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) Green.

4. In the prison rule number two, what does it say is the prison's pride?
(a) A prisoner's good behavior.
(b) A prisoner's happiness.
(c) A prisoner's misery.
(d) A prisoner's meekness.

5. Besides blades, what does Rodion's penknife have?
(a) A nail file.
(b) A corkscrew.
(c) A spoon.
(d) A screw driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus look at in the library catalog?

2. What time does Rodrig Ivanovich appear?

3. What does Rodion do while Cincinnatus looks out over the landscape?

4. What unnatural event from Cincinnatus' childhood does he describe?

5. What job does Cincinnatus take on in his twenties?

(see the answer key)

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