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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 is the director's attitude toward M'sieur Pierre?
(a) Impartial and uncaring.
(b) Aloof and distainful.
(c) Irritated and grumbling.
(d) Fawning and complimentary.

2. What happens when Marthe's grandfather goes to light Marthe's father's cigarette?
(a) Marthe's father lights the cigarette first.
(b) He drops the lighter.
(c) He can't make the lighter alight.
(d) The lighter goes out.

3. Where did Cincinnatus grow up?
(a) In a convent.
(b) In an orphanage.
(c) Homeless on the streets.
(d) In a foster home.

4. What is dirtying the lawyer's back?
(a) Charcoal.
(b) Chalk.
(c) Paint.
(d) Mud.

5. Who tells Cincinnatus that the new prisoner has arrived?
(a) The prison director.
(b) Rodion.
(c) His lawyer.
(d) Emmie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus do when he undresses at the end of his second day in prison?

2. After Emmie leaves his cell, what does Cincinnatus start philosophizing about in his pile of books?

3. What special item has Cincinnatus asked for?

4. What animal arrives with Marthe and her family?

5. What awakens Cincinnatus the third day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pierre say about himself?

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

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

4. Besides how long Cincinnatus has until his execution, what else does Cincinnatus want to know from his captors? What is their response?

5. What types of dreams do the prison rules disallow?

6. After the director reads his formal speech to Cincinnatus, where does Cincinnatus go?

7. What formula about mortality does Cincinnatus give, which he says applies to everyone?

8. Describe the librarian.

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

10. After telling his "joke," what does Pierre say about how Cincinnatus looks?

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