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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the prison located?
(a) Inside a cavern.
(b) On a mountaintop.
(c) In a lake in a valley.
(d) In the middle of the town.

2. What does the director request Cincinnatus to do?
(a) Write a last will and testament.
(b) Write a formal welcome for the executioner.
(c) Write a formal note of thanks to the director.
(d) Write down his requests for his last meal.

3. What is dirtying the lawyer's back?
(a) Paint.
(b) Mud.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Charcoal.

4. When did Cincinnatus first meet his mother?
(a) In his twenties.
(b) In his teens.
(c) When he was five.
(d) In his thirties.

5. What does Cincinnatus do with the special envelope his lawyer has brought?
(a) Cincinnatus throws it out the window.
(b) Cincinnatus spits on it.
(c) Cincinnatus burns it.
(d) Cincinnatus tears it up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Cincinnatus think the execution will be at the end of his second day in prison?

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

4. When Cincinnatus asks the prison director when his execution will be, what answer does the director give?

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

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