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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus start doing in his cell after Emmie's visit?
(a) Singing.
(b) Whistling.
(c) Writing.
(d) Drawing.

2. What time does the cell light go out?
(a) At ten o'clock.
(b) At eleven o'clock.
(c) At nine o'clock.
(d) At midnight.

3. What metaphor does Cincinnatus use for trying to find the essence of what he wants to say?
(a) Digging down into the ground to try to uncover roots.
(b) Trying to capture the ash as it flies up in the flame.
(c) Searching through a forest for a vanishing figure.
(d) Groping in the sand beneath the water for something shiny.

4. What does Cincinnatus tell the lawyer is not real?
(a) Cincinnatus says that the execution isn't real.
(b) Cincinnatus says the people around him aren't real.
(c) Cincinnatus says that he is not real.
(d) Cincinnatus says the prison isn't real.

5. What present has one of Marthe's brothers brought Cincinnatus?
(a) A photograph of himself.
(b) A bowl of wax fruit.
(c) A harmonica.
(d) A statue of Marthe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Rodrig give Cincinnatus to discourage him from complaining?

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

3. When did Cincinnatus first meet his mother?

4. What reason does Cincinnatus write that he is too dangerous as his own accomplice?

5. Who finds what the lawyer was looking for at the beginning of his meeting with Cincinnatus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cincinnatus' father-in-law say goodbye to him?

2. What reason does Cincinnatus give for needing to know the schedule for his execution?

3. What does Cincinnatus hope to get out of seeing Marthe?

4. At the end of his first day in prison, what does Cincinnatus think about?

5. What does Cincinnatus do, when the director briefly leaves the meeting between Cincinnatus and Pierre?

6. How do all the prison guards react to the new prisoner?

7. What does Cincinnatus realize as he heads back to his cell with Rodion?

8. What happens when there start to be complaints about Cincinnatus?

9. What relatives does Marthe bring with her the first time she visits Cincinnatus in prison?

10. How does Cincinnatus respond to Pierre's story of why he is in prison?

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