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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) The sentences was pronounced in a foreign language.
(b) The sentence was pronounced three times in repetion.
(c) The sentence was pronounced backwards.
(d) The sentence was pronounced in a coded phrase.

2. While Cincinnatus meets with his lawyer, who does the prison director inform Cincinnatus is coming?
(a) Another prisoner.
(b) Another lawyer.
(c) The trial judge.
(d) His wife.

3. What does Cincinnatus refuse to do after Pierre's speech about why he pretended to be a prisoner?
(a) Give Pierre a hug.
(b) Listen to Pierre.
(c) Shake Pierre's hand.
(d) Look at Pierre.

4. When did Cincinnatus first meet his mother?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his twenties.
(c) When he was five.
(d) In his teens.

5. Who does the director say will need time to prepare for the execution?
(a) The executioner.
(b) Cincinnatus.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) The director.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierre keep in a large case?

2. What color are the festive walls of Cincinnatus' cell, as the sun shines in through the freshly washed window?

3. Where does Cincinnatus write that he will evolve a third eye?

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

5. On the eighth day, how much of Cincinnatus' pencil is used up?

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