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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who enters the cell after Cincinnatus undresses at the end of his second day in prison, snapping Cincinnatus's world back to normal?
(a) Marthe.
(b) The spider.
(c) Rodion.
(d) The prison director.

3. How does the judge deliver Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) He whispers it in Cincinnatus' ear.
(b) He shouts it out to the courtroom.
(c) He writes it on a piece of paper and gives it to Cincinnatus' attorney.
(d) He puts up a sign over the window.

4. Why does CIncinnatus ask the guards to stop bringing the paper?
(a) Because he finds the news depressing.
(b) Because articles about his upcoming execution are always clipped out.
(c) Because the newspaper is always filled with lies about him.
(d) Because the papers are starting to pile up in the corner of the cell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emmie whisper in Cincinnatus's ear?

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

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

4. Where does the lawyer take Cincinnatus during their meeting?

5. What is the one difference between Marthe's two identical twin brothers?

(see the answer key)

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