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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 crime does Pierre say he was accused of?
(a) Trying to help Cincinnatus escape.
(b) Arguing against the trial system.
(c) Trying to steal a public statue.
(d) Breaking into his wife's bedroom.

2. After Cincinnatus gets the news about the new prisoner, what does his cot seem to change into?
(a) A bush.
(b) A horse.
(c) A door.
(d) A boat.

3. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?
(a) Bringing the new prisoner a five-course meal.
(b) Whistling and dancing around the hallway.
(c) Looking through the peephole in the new prisoner's door.
(d) Painting the new prisoner's door with red paint.

4. What furniture is in Cincinnatus' cell?
(a) A desk and a bench.
(b) A couch, a wardrobe, and a coffee table.
(c) A murphy bed and a bookshelf.
(d) A cot, a table, and a chair.

5. What about Pierre does Cincinnatus say might prevent him from making an effective escape?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His attitude.
(c) His short legs.
(d) His tendency to talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does Cincinnatus use for trying to find the essence of what he wants to say?

2. Where is the prison located?

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

4. What is wrapped around Pauline's neck?

5. What does the director request Cincinnatus to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What faults and virtues does Pierre say that the director has?

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

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