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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time does Rodrig Ivanovich appear?
(a) Exactly at ten o'clock.
(b) Exactly at noon.
(c) Twenty minutes after his scheduled arrival at eleven.
(d) Fifteen minues early, at quarter to nine.

3. What about Pierre does Cincinnatus say might prevent him from making an effective escape?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His tendency to talk.
(c) His attitude.
(d) His short legs.

4. What does Cincinnatus look at in the library catalog?
(a) A child's drawings.
(b) A photograph of himself.
(c) A note from the librarian.
(d) A map of the town.

5. What does Cincinnatus start doing in his cell after Emmie's visit?
(a) Whistling.
(b) Singing.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Writing.

6. Where does the lawyer take Cincinnatus during their meeting?
(a) The prison roof.
(b) The lawyer's home.
(c) Cincinnatus's home.
(d) The prison basement.

7. What is Marthe wearing when she meets with Cincinnatus?
(a) A bright blue tafetta dress with golden bracelets.
(b) A short red dress and high heeled shoes.
(c) A flowing white dress with silver trim.
(d) A good black dress and a velvet ribbon choker.

8. What is M'sieur Pierre's attitude when he is led into Cincinnatus' cell?
(a) Calm and composed.
(b) Angry and irritable.
(c) Flustered and confused.
(d) Raucous and loud.

9. What furniture is in Cincinnatus' cell?
(a) A desk and a bench.
(b) A cot, a table, and a chair.
(c) A murphy bed and a bookshelf.
(d) A couch, a wardrobe, and a coffee table.

10. What does Pierre say was the main evidence against him?
(a) A drawing with his marks on it.
(b) A glove he left behind.
(c) A pair of broken glasses.
(d) A notepad with notes from a phone call on it.

11. What does Pierre criticize Cincinnatus' attitude as?
(a) Selfish and contemptuous.
(b) Constantly angry.
(c) Not serious enough.
(d) Melodramatic.

12. How does Cincinnatus describe his wife?
(a) Friendly, happy, and giving.
(b) Forgiving, empty-headed, and easily manipulated.
(c) Nagging, stubborn, and unfaithful.
(d) Beautiful, humble, and weak.

13. What is reflected in the mirror of the wardrobe that Marthe brings with her?
(a) Cincinnatus and Marthe's hallway and the front door beyond.
(b) A shadowy figure that Cincinnatus cannot make out.
(c) The back of Marthe's head.
(d) A corner of her and Cincinnatus' bedroom.

14. Where on the table does Rodion set the vase of flowers?
(a) Not quite in the center.
(b) Not quite at the edge.
(c) Exactly in the center.
(d) Right on the edge.

15. What is the one difference between Marthe's two identical twin brothers?
(a) One has a black mustache and the other a blonde one.
(b) One is an inch taller than the other.
(c) One is missing a hand, and he keeps his false hand in is pocket.
(d) One wears all red clothes and the other all black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lawyer offer to Cincinnatus?

2. What does Cincinnatus do to try and look out the window?

3. What does the director say is wrong with Roman Vissarionovich?

4. Where is the prison located?

5. What is wrapped around Pauline's neck?

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