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? Sophistic Creativity Mystical Translucence Gnostical Turpitude Reductive Opacity

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

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

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

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? Pierre Lasalle Vasily Mr. Black

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

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

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

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? Hangman Checkers Chess Poker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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