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

2. How does Cincinnatus say that the prison clock works?
(a) The watchman paints new hands on the clock each hour.
(b) The clock is replaced each hour with one showing a different time.
(c) A small man is inside it turning the clock dial.
(d) The dial stays in the same place but the clock is rotated each hour.

3. What does Pierre anoint himself and Cincinnatus with?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Wine.
(c) Oil.
(d) Blood.

4. Where does Cincinnatus see Marthe, during his trip to the location of his execution?
(a) On a park bench, kissing a man.
(b) Hiding behind a wheelbarrow.
(c) Peeking out of a window.
(d) In an apple tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the light on Cincinnatus' ceiling placed?

2. How do the city officials say to Pierre at the end of the supper?

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 do women throw at Cincinnatus as he passes on the way to his execution?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Emmie's mother describe as Emmie's last prank before going back to school?

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

4. Describe the plot of Quercus.

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

6. How does Rodion act toward Cincinnatus?

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

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

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

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

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