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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cincinnatus describe as discovering, as he takes off layer after layer of his clothes/himself?
(a) His core being.
(b) Nonexistence.
(c) Freedom.
(d) A connection with the world.

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

4. What present has one of Marthe's brothers brought Cincinnatus?
(a) A bowl of wax fruit.
(b) A photograph of himself.
(c) A statue of Marthe.
(d) A harmonica.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Cincinnatus first meet his mother?

2. How does Cincinnatus describe his wife?

3. What awakens Cincinnatus the third day?

4. What is the first thing Cincinnatus says to Emmie after she slips into his room?

5. What animal arrives with Marthe and her family?

(see the answer key)

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