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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rodion tell Cincinnatus to go while his cell is cleaned?
(a) To another cell.
(b) Up to the roof.
(c) Down to the guards' quarters.
(d) Out in the hall.

2. What does Pierre say when Cincinnatus asks if he is telling the truth?
(a) That he's insulted by the question.
(b) That he often lies, but not about this.
(c) That he can neither confirm nor deny it.
(d) That he never lies.

3. What time of day do the scratching noises start up again, for the last time?
(a) Exactly at noon.
(b) In the dead of night.
(c) In the late afternoon.
(d) In the early morning.

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

5. What does Cincinnatus think is happening when he wakes up the third day?
(a) Cincinnatus thinks it must be time for the execution.
(b) Cincinnatus thinks he must be dreaming.
(c) Cincinnatus thinks he must be about to be freed.
(d) Cincinnatus thinks Marthe must be coming to visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will the execution take place?

2. What does the director give to Pierre?

3. How are the books in the library catalog listed?

4. How do the city officials say to Pierre at the end of the supper?

5. What time does Rodrig Ivanovich appear?

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