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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 park is next to the meeting between Pierre, Cincinnatus, and the city officials?
(a) Blithely Forest.
(b) Orlando Square.
(c) Prospero Park.
(d) Tamara Gardens.

2. What does Pierre talk about during his game of chess with Cincinnatus?
(a) Religion.
(b) Sex.
(c) Politics.
(d) The weather.

3. What does Rodion bring for the spider?
(a) A caterpillar.
(b) A beetle.
(c) A moth.
(d) A ladybug.

4. What does Cincinnatus do on the morning of his scheduled execution?
(a) Write his last thoughts.
(b) Pace jerkily around the room.
(c) Sit in the corner under the window.
(d) Stay in bed.

5. What does Cincinnatus have trouble deciding about his letter to Marthe?
(a) How to end it.
(b) What to write it on.
(c) How to begin it.
(d) Whether to send it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus say when he learns his mother has come to see him?

2. What does Cincinnatus refuse to do after Pierre's speech about why he pretended to be a prisoner?

3. What is the last word that Cincinnatus has to find an additional piece of paper to write?

4. What does Cincinnatus think when the scratching noises pause and then continue?

5. What does Cincinnatus do after he writes his last word?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the librarian do when Cincinnatus tries to express his true thoughts?

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

3. How does Marthe get permission to come and see Cincinnatus?

4. What does Cincinnatus's letter to Marthe say?

5. What inconsistency in Cecilia C.'s clothes does Cincinnatus point out?

6. Describe the plot of Quercus.

7. What happens at the moment of Cincinnatus's execution?

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

9. How does Rodion act toward Cincinnatus?

10. What is a nonnon?

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