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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who formally announces that Pierre is the executioner?
(a) Cincinnatus's lawyer.
(b) Rodion.
(c) The director.
(d) Pierre.

2. In the prison rule number two, what does it say is the prison's pride?
(a) A prisoner's happiness.
(b) A prisoner's misery.
(c) A prisoner's good behavior.
(d) A prisoner's meekness.

3. Why does CIncinnatus ask the guards to stop bringing the paper?
(a) Because articles about his upcoming execution are always clipped out.
(b) Because he finds the news depressing.
(c) Because the papers are starting to pile up in the corner of the cell.
(d) Because the newspaper is always filled with lies about him.

4. What is Marthe wearing when she meets with Cincinnatus?
(a) A flowing white dress with silver trim.
(b) A bright blue tafetta dress with golden bracelets.
(c) A good black dress and a velvet ribbon choker.
(d) A short red dress and high heeled shoes.

5. What animal arrives with Marthe and her family?
(a) A bulldog.
(b) An albino rat.
(c) A black cat.
(d) An iguana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Rodrig Ivanovich appear?

2. What does Cincinnatus do to try and look out the window?

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

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

5. How does the judge deliver Cincinnatus' sentence?

(see the answer key)

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