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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pierre say when Cincinnatus asks if he is telling the truth?
(a) That he's insulted by the question.
(b) That he often lies, but not about this.
(c) That he can neither confirm nor deny it.
(d) That he never lies.

2. 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 prison director.
(b) Marthe.
(c) Rodion.
(d) The spider.

3. Besides blades, what does Rodion's penknife have?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A corkscrew.
(c) A nail file.
(d) A screw driver.

4. What does Cincinnatus repeat?
(a) There is nothing in this world.
(b) There is something missing.
(c) There is something I know.
(d) All is false and illusory.

5. In the photohoroscope, when does the subject die?
(a) At fifty years old.
(b) At forty years old.
(c) At sixty years old.
(d) At seventy years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the light on Cincinnatus' ceiling placed?

3. What do Rodion and Cincinnatus do when Rodion comes back to Cincinnatus's cell after first dropping him off?

4. Who does Emmie tease during Marthe's visit?

5. Who is waiting for Cincinnatus in his prison cell?

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