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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) The sentences was pronounced in a foreign language.
(b) The sentence was pronounced three times in repetion.
(c) The sentence was pronounced in a coded phrase.
(d) The sentence was pronounced backwards.

2. What job does Cincinnatus take on in his twenties?
(a) Cake baker.
(b) Kindergarten teacher.
(c) Factory manager.
(d) Window washer.

3. What does the prison director scold the prisoner for doing?
(a) Complaining about the conditions at the prison.
(b) Letting his dinner get cold.
(c) Going out of his cell.
(d) Looking out of the window.

4. 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.

5. What awakens Cincinnatus the third day?
(a) Noises.
(b) A taste.
(c) Light.
(d) A smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rodion and Cincinnatus do when Rodion comes back to Cincinnatus's cell after first dropping him off?

2. Who does the director say will need time to prepare for the execution?

3. What is Cincinnatus's lawyer looking for when he visits Cincinnatus?

4. What does Cincinnatus do at night in his youth when he has his first job?

5. What does Cincinnatus see in the morning papers?

(see the answer key)

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