View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Cincinnatus see in the morning papers?
(a) Photos of the prison.
(b) Photos of the executioner waving to a crowd.
(c) Photos of the judge and his lawyer.
(d) Photos of his house and family.

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

5. What does Cincinnatus do to try and look out the window?
(a) He stands on a table.
(b) He jumps up in the air.
(c) He crawls through a tunnel.
(d) He climbs up the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the new prisoner sitting when Cincinnatus first sees him?

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

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

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

5. What additional news does Cincinnatus get at the same time?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 274 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample