Invitation to a Beheading

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1. What is the name of Cincinnatus C.'s jailer? Rodion Gregorius Leon Minkov

2. What is the crime for which Cincinnatus C. is condemned? Mystical Translucence Sophistic Creativity Reductive Opacity Gnostical Turpitude

3. What is the name of the jailer's daughter? Emmie Anna Sophie Olivia

4. Fill in the blank: Cincinnatus C. fondly recalls spending time in the _______ Gardens. Answer: (One Word)

5. What is Cincinnatus C.'s sentence? Beheading Life in Prison Hanging He is never told

6. What sort of creature lives in Cincinnatus C.'s cell with him? Mouse Spider Butterfly Talking rabbit

7. This man begins as a fellow prisoner of Cincinnatus in jail, who tries in vain to befriend him. Later, he reveals himself to be much more. Who is he? Mr. Black Vasily Pierre Lasalle

8. Who is Cincinnatus C.'s wife? Marthe Beatrice Anna Annathea

9. What is the name of the very long book that Cincinnatus C. reads while in prison? 'Lovonicus' 'Quercus' 'Lolita' 'Wastoria'

10. What is the book about? The history of the prison A prince An oak tree Three sisters

11. True or false: Cincinnatus C. is described as being of unusually large stature? Answer: (One Word)

12. What game does Cincinnatus's prison-mate try to play with him? Checkers Hangman Poker Chess

13. At what point in the novel is Cincinnatus's trial and sentencing described? At the very end Never In the middle At the start

14. Where is the prison situated? On an island in the sea In the frozen arctic Deep underground On top of a high cliff

15. What is the name of Cincinnatus C.'s Mother? Sarah Cecilia C. She is not named Antonia

16. How many children do Cincinnatus and his wife have? One Three Two Four

17. Tough one: what is the name of the river that flows through Cincinnatus's home town? Ladoga Byosha Strop Banto

18. What is the name of Cincinnatus's lawyer? Galen Holonov Fyodor Yarosich Portius Namchinov Roman Vassarionovich

19. What part of his suit does the lawyer play with obsessively? His tie His jacket His belt His cufflinks

20. Lastly: how does Cincinnatus escape his punishment at the end? He escapes the prison He merely wills his executioners out of existence He commits suicide He is propelled backward in time by spinning around