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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Marthe's grandfather goes to light Marthe's father's cigarette?
(a) He can't make the lighter alight.
(b) The lighter goes out.
(c) Marthe's father lights the cigarette first.
(d) He drops the lighter.

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

3. What crime does Pierre say he was accused of?
(a) Arguing against the trial system.
(b) Trying to steal a public statue.
(c) Breaking into his wife's bedroom.
(d) Trying to help Cincinnatus escape.

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. Where is the light on Cincinnatus' ceiling placed?
(a) At the edge of the room, right over the window.
(b) Not quite in the center of the ceiling.
(c) At the edge of the room, right over the door.
(d) Exactly in the center of the ceiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does CIncinnatus ask the guards to stop bringing the paper?

2. What time does Rodrig Ivanovich appear?

3. What is reflected in the mirror of the wardrobe that Marthe brings with her?

4. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?

5. What does the director say is wrong with Roman Vissarionovich?

(see the answer key)

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