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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus say when he learns his mother has come to see him?
(a) He has been searching for her and is happy to see her for the first time.
(b) He doesn't want to see her.
(c) He is too exhausted to have an opinion.
(d) He is glad to meet with her again.

2. What does the prison director scold the prisoner for doing?
(a) Looking out of the window.
(b) Complaining about the conditions at the prison.
(c) Going out of his cell.
(d) Letting his dinner get cold.

3. 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) The prison director.
(c) Rodion.
(d) Marthe.

4. What does Diomedon's right leg resemble?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A tree.
(c) A bottle.
(d) A fishing pole.

5. What does M'sieur Pierre show Cincinnatus?
(a) Articles cut out from magazines.
(b) A collection of stamps from different times and places.
(c) Different colored stones.
(d) Snapshots of himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cincinnatus start to go for a walk?

2. How does Marthe leave her first visit with Cincinnatus?

3. What does Cincinnatus do after he writes his last word?

4. When Cincinnatus asks the prison director when his execution will be, what answer does the director give?

5. When does Pierre say that prison escapes happen?

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