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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crime does Pierre say he was accused of?
(a) Trying to help Cincinnatus escape.
(b) Breaking into his wife's bedroom.
(c) Trying to steal a public statue.
(d) Arguing against the trial system.

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

3. What does Cincinnatus learn from the newspaper?
(a) Pierre is missing.
(b) Pierre is comatose.
(c) Pierre is dead.
(d) Pierre is ill.

4. How does Cincinnatus feel when he wakes on the scheduled morning of his execution?
(a) Numb.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Angry.
(d) Relieved.

5. How old is Cincinnatus when he gets his first job?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who formally announces that Pierre is the executioner?

2. What does Cincinnatus see in the morning papers?

3. What does Marthe's escort keep trying to make her wear?

4. What happens when Marthe's grandfather goes to light Marthe's father's cigarette?

5. Why does CIncinnatus ask the guards to stop bringing the paper?

(see the answer key)

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