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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cincinnatus do outside the new prisoner's cell?
(a) He writes a secret chalk mark on the wall.
(b) He whistles and knocks.
(c) He looks through the peephole.
(d) He listens at the cell door.

3. What happens to the scratching noises when Cincinnatus makes noise?
(a) They stop.
(b) They move to another part of the wall.
(c) They get very quiet.
(d) They get louder.

4. What is reflected in the mirror of the wardrobe that Marthe brings with her?
(a) A corner of her and Cincinnatus' bedroom.
(b) A shadowy figure that Cincinnatus cannot make out.
(c) The back of Marthe's head.
(d) Cincinnatus and Marthe's hallway and the front door beyond.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Cincinnatus say that the prison clock works?

3. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?

4. What does the director say to Cincinnatus after the meeting with Pierre?

5. What is dirtying the lawyer's back?

(see the answer key)

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