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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rodrig show Cincinnatus a 'photohoroscope' of?
(a) Cincinnatus.
(b) Emmie.
(c) Rodrig.
(d) Pierre.

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

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

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

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

6. What does Cincinnatus do after he writes his last word?
(a) He erases it.
(b) He burns the paper.
(c) He crumples up the paper.
(d) He crosses it off.

7. What does Pierre lecture Cincinnatus on, in the evening after Emmie tells Cincinnatus she is planning his escape?
(a) Pleasure, starting with erotic pleasure.
(b) Love, starting with brotherly love.
(c) The conflict between man's spiritual and earthly natures.
(d) The nature of virtue and obedience.

8. Who brings Cincinnatus' chair back to him?
(a) Emmie.
(b) Rodion.
(c) The librarian.
(d) Pierre.

9. What does Pierre anoint himself and Cincinnatus with?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Blood.
(c) Wine.
(d) Oil.

10. What falls from the sky when Cincinnatus goes to bed to read his novel?
(a) A large purple pot.
(b) A note from Marthe.
(c) A dead bird.
(d) A giant fake acorn.

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

12. Where do the city officials gather to meet with Pierre and Cincinnatus?
(a) The deputy city manager's house.
(b) The public notary's house.
(c) The police chief's house.
(d) The vice-mayor's house.

13. What does Pierre keep in a large case?
(a) A bow.
(b) A sword.
(c) A rifle.
(d) An axe.

14. What does Emmie say that she and Cincinnatus should do after he is rescued?
(a) Build a castle.
(b) Travel the world.
(c) Get married.
(d) Rob a train.

15. What does Cincinnatus attribute the scratching on the walls to?
(a) Rats in the walls.
(b) An unknown prisoner in the next cell trying to communicate.
(c) His own overactive imagination.
(d) Someone tunneling toward him to help him escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cincinnatus ask to deliver his letter to Marthe?

2. What does Cincinnatus do when Marthe offers to have sex with him?

3. When does Emmie tell Cincinnatus that her rescue attempt will take place?

4. What does Cincinnatus have trouble deciding about his letter to Marthe?

5. Where will the execution take place?

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