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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 first thing Cincinnatus says to Emmie after she slips into his room?
(a) Hello, little girl.
(b) Who are you?
(c) He is gone.
(d) You are safe.

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

3. Who turns the cell light out?
(a) Rodion.
(b) The director.
(c) The spider.
(d) Cincinnatus.

4. Who enters the cell after Cincinnatus undresses at the end of his second day in prison, snapping Cincinnatus's world back to normal?
(a) Marthe.
(b) The prison director.
(c) Rodion.
(d) The spider.

5. Where on the table does Rodion set the vase of flowers?
(a) Right on the edge.
(b) Exactly in the center.
(c) Not quite at the edge.
(d) Not quite in the center.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rodion and Cincinnatus do when Rodion comes back to Cincinnatus's cell after first dropping him off?

2. Where does Pierre say he is from?

3. What is Cincinnatus allowed to wear at gala performances because of his profession?

4. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?

5. What does Emmie do when Rodion comes to chase her out of the cell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What causes Cincinnatus to finally be caught?

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

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

6. How do the lawyer, the prison director, and Rodion characterize Cincinnatus' behavior?

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

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

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

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

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