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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 does Cincinnatus get to the location of the execution?
(a) He rides on a bicycle.
(b) He walks.
(c) He rides in a carriage.
(d) He rides on a horse.

2. What does Cincinnatus attribute the scratching on the walls to?
(a) Rats in the walls.
(b) His own overactive imagination.
(c) An unknown prisoner in the next cell trying to communicate.
(d) Someone tunneling toward him to help him escape.

3. Where does the tunnel lead to?
(a) An empty cell.
(b) The library.
(c) Pierre's cell.
(d) The prison director's office.

4. What does Pierre keep in a large case?
(a) A sword.
(b) A rifle.
(c) An axe.
(d) A bow.

5. What initials are supposed to be spelled out in lights in the park?
(a) "P" and "C."
(b) "E" and "P."
(c) "P" and "R."
(d) "M" and "P."

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day do the scratching noises start up again, for the last time?

2. What does Cincinnatus do when Marthe offers to have sex with him?

3. When does Emmie tell Cincinnatus that her rescue attempt will take place?

4. What is displayed at the gathering of the city officials, Pierre, and Cincinnatus?

5. Who meets Cincinnatus, when he is finally outside of the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a nonnon?

2. What does Pierre do after the party starts breaking up, before heading back to the prison?

3. How does Cincinnatus react when Pierre, the director, and the lawyer announce that it is time for his execution?

4. What does Pierre realize that he has forgotten in his speech?

5. What reason does Pierre give Cincinnatus for pretending to be a prisoner?

6. What does Pierre do, when the party moves outside at the meeting between Cincinnatus, Pierre, and the city officials?

7. What announcements does the deputy city director make before the execution?

8. How does Pierre act during his chess game with Cincinnatus?

9. How does Cincinnatus respond to Pierre's speech?

10. What did Cecilia C. ask Marthe for, and what was Marthe's response?

(see the answer keys)

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