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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 do women throw at Cincinnatus as he passes on the way to his execution?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Rice.
(d) Flowers.

2. Where does the tunnel lead to?
(a) An empty cell.
(b) The prison director's office.
(c) The library.
(d) Pierre's cell.

3. What does Cincinnatus attribute the scratching on the walls to?
(a) Rats in the walls.
(b) Someone tunneling toward him to help him escape.
(c) An unknown prisoner in the next cell trying to communicate.
(d) His own overactive imagination.

4. How do the city officials say to Pierre at the end of the supper?
(a) They congratulate him.
(b) They hope they'll have more executions for him.
(c) They give him a raise.
(d) They warn him to be careful.

5. What does Cincinnatus say when he learns his mother has come to see him?
(a) He doesn't want to see her.
(b) He has been searching for her and is happy to see her for the first time.
(c) He is too exhausted to have an opinion.
(d) He is glad to meet with her again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus complain about that causes Pierre to call him rude?

2. What does Pierre talk about during his game of chess with Cincinnatus?

3. What does Pierre tell Cincinnatus to do in the moments before the execution?

4. What park is next to the meeting between Pierre, Cincinnatus, and the city officials?

5. What explanation does Marthe give Cincinnatus for why his execution has been delayed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rodion act toward Cincinnatus?

2. What happens at the moment of Cincinnatus's execution?

3. What does Pierre do after the party starts breaking up, before heading back to the prison?

4. What does Cincinnatus's letter to Marthe say?

5. What inconsistency in Cecilia C.'s clothes does Cincinnatus point out?

6. What does the librarian do when Cincinnatus tries to express his true thoughts?

7. What did Cecilia C. ask Marthe for, and what was Marthe's response?

8. What reason does Pierre give Cincinnatus for pretending to be a prisoner?

9. What does Pierre realize that he has forgotten in his speech?

10. What is a nonnon?

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