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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. How long does the letter say Cincinnatus will have to wait for the interview?
(a) Four days.
(b) One day.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

2. What does Cincinnatus do with the special envelope his lawyer has brought?
(a) Cincinnatus spits on it.
(b) Cincinnatus burns it.
(c) Cincinnatus throws it out the window.
(d) Cincinnatus tears it up.

3. What color are the festive walls of Cincinnatus' cell, as the sun shines in through the freshly washed window?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Gray.
(d) Green.

4. How are the books in the library catalog listed?
(a) By the author's middle initial.
(b) By the weight of the volume.
(c) By the number of pages.
(d) By the color of the cover.

5. What method of death does Cincinnatus write that he would prefer to beheading by axe?
(a) Electric chair.
(b) Shooting by a firing squad.
(c) Hanging by rope.
(d) Drowning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is the letter Cincinnatus receives when he wakes?

3. What does Cincinnatus do outside the new prisoner's cell?

4. What part of Cincinnatus' body does Pierre examine?

5. Where is Cincinnatus during his meeting with Pierre the day after Marthe's first visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Cincinnatus goes to bed, the night after the prisoner arrives?

2. What does Cincinnatus describe happening to the world in his dreams?

3. Describe Cincinnatus's walk through the prison staircase.

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

5. How does Cincinnatus describe his difference from other people?

6. What ring does Cincinnatus describe wearing in his memory from his childhood?

7. Describe the librarian.

8. At Cincinnatus's first meeting with M'sieur Pierre, what happens the first few times M'sieur Pierre asks Cincinnatus a question?

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

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

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