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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unnatural event from Cincinnatus' childhood does he describe?
(a) A spider growing larger and larger, and then turning into a bus.
(b) A man getting up to help him, and his shadow not following right away.
(c) A bird flying up into the sky and becoming a cloud.
(d) A woman singing and gradually becoming a chorus and then an orchestra.

2. What does Pierre criticize Cincinnatus' attitude as?
(a) Not serious enough.
(b) Selfish and contemptuous.
(c) Constantly angry.
(d) Melodramatic.

3. When does Pierre say that prison escapes happen?
(a) When the guards are lax.
(b) Only at night.
(c) When you are unjustly accused.
(d) Only in fairy tales.

4. After Cincinnatus gets the news about the new prisoner, what does his cot seem to change into?
(a) A bush.
(b) A boat.
(c) A horse.
(d) A door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Cincinnatus when he gets his first job?

2. What does Cincinnatus look at in the library catalog?

3. What is dirtying the lawyer's back?

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

5. What does Rodrig Ivanovich say after Cincinnatus reads the letter?

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