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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus tell the lawyer is not real?
(a) Cincinnatus says that he is not real.
(b) Cincinnatus says the people around him aren't real.
(c) Cincinnatus says that the execution isn't real.
(d) Cincinnatus says the prison isn't real.

2. What method of death does Cincinnatus write that he would prefer to beheading by axe?
(a) Hanging by rope.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Shooting by a firing squad.
(d) Electric chair.

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

4. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?
(a) Bringing the new prisoner a five-course meal.
(b) Whistling and dancing around the hallway.
(c) Painting the new prisoner's door with red paint.
(d) Looking through the peephole in the new prisoner's door.

5. When Cincinnatus asks the prison director when his execution will be, what answer does the director give?
(a) The director says the execution will be whenever Cincinnatus is ready.
(b) The director says the execution will be in a year.
(c) The director says the execution will be the next day.
(d) The director does not know when the execution will be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the director give to Pierre?

2. What does Pierre criticize Cincinnatus' attitude as?

3. When did Cincinnatus first meet his mother?

4. What is Rodrig Ivanovich holding after Cincinnatus reads the letter?

5. What reason does Cincinnatus write that he is too dangerous as his own accomplice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus do, when the director briefly leaves the meeting between Cincinnatus and Pierre?

2. Why does Pierre turn into a circus performer?

3. Describe the librarian.

4. At the end of his first day in prison, what does Cincinnatus think about?

5. Describe the inside of the prison.

6. What reason does Cincinnatus give for needing to know the schedule for his execution?

7. At Cincinnatus's first meeting with M'sieur Pierre, what happens the first few times M'sieur Pierre asks Cincinnatus a question?

8. What does Emmie do with the books in Cincinnatus' cell?

9. How does Cincinnatus respond to Pierre's story of why he is in prison?

10. Describe Pierre's circus performance.

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