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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reason does Cincinnatus give Emmie that proves to him that everyone is talking about the date of his execution?
(a) The guard turns off the radio whenever he approaches.
(b) A square was cut out of his morning paper.
(c) He hears people whispering outside his cell.
(d) Everyone looks at him as if they know a secret.

3. 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.

4. How does the judge deliver Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) He whispers it in Cincinnatus' ear.
(b) He puts up a sign over the window.
(c) He shouts it out to the courtroom.
(d) He writes it on a piece of paper and gives it to Cincinnatus' attorney.

5. What does Rodion do while Cincinnatus looks out over the landscape?
(a) He washes dishes.
(b) He paints.
(c) He washes windows.
(d) He sweeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cincinnatus describe his wife?

2. Where did Cincinnatus grow up?

3. Who enters the cell after Cincinnatus undresses at the end of his second day in prison, snapping Cincinnatus's world back to normal?

4. What is the first thing Cincinnatus says to Emmie after she slips into his room?

5. What does Cincinnatus have to eat when Emmie comes into his cell?

(see the answer key)

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