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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus complain about that causes Pierre to call him rude?
(a) The slurping sound Pierre makes.
(b) The color of Pierre's clothes.
(c) Pierre's habit of talking quickly.
(d) The smell of Pierre's feet.

2. What does Cincinnatus learn from the newspaper?
(a) Pierre is comatose.
(b) Pierre is missing.
(c) Pierre is dead.
(d) Pierre is ill.

3. What does Cincinnatus bump into after he is awakened by scratching noises?
(a) A box of clothes.
(b) A stack of books.
(c) A tray.
(d) A wardrobe.

4. Who comes through the tunnel?
(a) Rodion and Emmie.
(b) Pierre and Rodrig Ivanovich.
(c) Marthe and Emmie.
(d) Rodion and Rodrig Ivanovich.

5. What does Pierre tell Cincinnatus to do in the moments before the execution?
(a) Pray.
(b) Count.
(c) Close his eyes.
(d) Run.

6. Where will the execution take place?
(a) The Capitol Steps.
(b) Honor Park.
(c) Thriller Square.
(d) Remembrance Monument.

7. Who has asked Marthe to marry him?
(a) Their former neighbor.
(b) The prison director.
(c) Pierre.
(d) A city official.

8. How does Cincinnatus get to the location of the execution?
(a) He rides on a bicycle.
(b) He rides in a carriage.
(c) He rides on a horse.
(d) He walks.

9. What does Cincinnatus have trouble deciding about his letter to Marthe?
(a) How to end it.
(b) How to begin it.
(c) Whether to send it.
(d) What to write it on.

10. What do the guards bring Cincinnatus instead of hot chocolate to drink?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Wine.
(c) Milk.
(d) Tea.

11. What does Pierre talk about during his game of chess with Cincinnatus?
(a) The weather.
(b) Religion.
(c) Sex.
(d) Politics.

12. What does Cincinnatus do when Marthe offers to have sex with him?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He says yes, if Marthe agrees to be quiet.
(c) He says that he wants to but he's too afraid.
(d) He doesn't answer.

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

14. What happens to the tunnel entrance in Cincinntus' cell?
(a) It disappears without explanation.
(b) It is loosely boarded over.
(c) It is plastered over.
(d) It is covered with a sign that says "Do Not Enter."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does CIncinnatus do in response to the scratching noises?

2. What does Cincinnatus finally ask for as his last wish?

3. What does Cincinnatus attribute the scratching on the walls to?

4. What does Pierre lecture Cincinnatus on, in the evening after Emmie tells Cincinnatus she is planning his escape?

5. What initials are supposed to be spelled out in lights in the park?

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