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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pierre characterize Cincinnatus's desire to know the date of his execution?
(a) As mindless parroting.
(b) As foolish curiosity.
(c) As a clever ruse.
(d) As light and friendly banter.

2. What does Cincinnatus complain about that causes Pierre to call him rude?
(a) The smell of Pierre's feet.
(b) The color of Pierre's clothes.
(c) Pierre's habit of talking quickly.
(d) The slurping sound Pierre makes.

3. What color are the festive walls of Cincinnatus' cell, as the sun shines in through the freshly washed window?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blue.

4. What is dirtying the lawyer's back?
(a) Charcoal.
(b) Paint.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Mud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cincinnatus start to go for a walk?

2. What does Cincinnatus say when he learns his mother has come to see him?

3. What happens when Marthe's grandfather goes to light Marthe's father's cigarette?

4. What does Pierre do when Rodrig Ivanovich comes in to listen to his lecture?

5. What does CIncinnatus do in response to the scratching noises?

(see the answer key)

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