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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. Where will the execution take place?
(a) The Capitol Steps.
(b) Remembrance Monument.
(c) Thriller Square.
(d) Honor Park.

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

3. Where do the city officials gather to meet with Pierre and Cincinnatus?
(a) The deputy city manager's house.
(b) The public notary's house.
(c) The police chief's house.
(d) The vice-mayor's house.

4. What does Cincinnatus do after he writes his last word?
(a) He erases it.
(b) He burns the paper.
(c) He crumples up the paper.
(d) He crosses it off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierre keep in a large case?

2. Where does Cincinnatus see Marthe, during his trip to the location of his execution?

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

4. When Pierre talks to CIncinnatus about the execution, when does he say it is scheduled for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is on the list of acceptable last requests that Pierre reads?

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

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

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

7. Describe what happens to Cincinnatus's cell when the tunnel is completed.

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

9. Describe the plot of Quercus.

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

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