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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 lawyer offer to Cincinnatus?
(a) An autographed photo of himself.
(b) Copies of the trial transcript.
(c) A private meeting with the judge.
(d) Free services to make his will and a trust for his wife.

2. What does Cincinnatus do at night in his youth when he has his first job?
(a) He plays chess.
(b) He reads.
(c) He listens to music.
(d) He writes.

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

4. When does Cincinnatus think the execution will be at the end of his second day in prison?
(a) He thinks it will probably be the next day.
(b) He thinks it will probably be on Saturday, when everyone is off work.
(c) He thinks it will probably be at least a month.
(d) He thinks it will probably be at least a week.

5. Who enters the cell after Cincinnatus undresses at the end of his second day in prison, snapping Cincinnatus's world back to normal?
(a) The spider.
(b) Rodion.
(c) The prison director.
(d) Marthe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Emmie?

2. What does Cincinnatus do outside the new prisoner's cell?

3. Where is the prison located?

4. What is Cincinnatus's lawyer looking for when he visits Cincinnatus?

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

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