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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) The sentence was pronounced in a coded phrase.
(b) The sentences was pronounced in a foreign language.
(c) The sentence was pronounced three times in repetion.
(d) The sentence was pronounced backwards.

2. What does the director request Cincinnatus to do?
(a) Write down his requests for his last meal.
(b) Write a formal note of thanks to the director.
(c) Write a last will and testament.
(d) Write a formal welcome for the executioner.

3. Where does the lawyer take Cincinnatus during their meeting?
(a) The prison roof.
(b) The lawyer's home.
(c) Cincinnatus's home.
(d) The prison basement.

4. Who does Cincinnatus ask to turn off the lights before he goes to bed?
(a) The prison director.
(b) An empty room.
(c) The guard.
(d) The spider.

5. When did Cincinnatus first meet his mother?
(a) When he was five.
(b) In his teens.
(c) In his thirties.
(d) In his twenties.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Cincinnatus meets with his lawyer, who does the prison director inform Cincinnatus is coming?

2. What does Rodion do while Cincinnatus looks out over the landscape?

3. Who finds what the lawyer was looking for at the beginning of his meeting with Cincinnatus?

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

5. Where is the prison located?

(see the answer key)

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