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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 have to eat when Emmie comes into his cell?
(a) Hot chocolate and toast.
(b) Coffee and cereal.
(c) Sweet rolls and orange juice.
(d) Eggs and bacon.

2. What does Cincinnatus see in the morning papers?
(a) Photos of his house and family.
(b) Photos of the prison.
(c) Photos of the executioner waving to a crowd.
(d) Photos of the judge and his lawyer.

3. When does Pierre say that prison escapes happen?
(a) When you are unjustly accused.
(b) When the guards are lax.
(c) Only in fairy tales.
(d) Only at night.

4. How does the director think Cincinnatus should feel about the new prisoner?
(a) Jealous and suspicious.
(b) Excited and anxious to meet him.
(c) Afraid to meet him, for fear of not being good enough.
(d) Sad at sharing the prison.

5. What does Cincinnatus credit his lawyer with?
(a) Making himself look good at Cincinnatus's expense.
(b) Avoiding doing anything at all at the trial.
(c) Saving him from a worse punishment than beheading.
(d) Making eloquent speeches that accomplish nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cincinnatus grow up?

2. What possible consequence of Roman's sickness does the director mention?

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

4. Who turns the cell light out?

5. What is wrapped around Pauline's neck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cincinnatus's early days with his wife.

2. Describe the librarian.

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

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

5. Describe the view of the surrounding land that Cincinnatus sees.

6. What causes Cincinnatus to finally be caught?

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

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

9. What does Pierre say about himself?

10. What is the new prisoner doing when Cincinnatus walks past his cell after meeting Emmie in the hallway?

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