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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Third Hearing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rubashov think is the reason Gletkin reads in a monotone?
(a) Gletkin does not want Rubashov to hear what Gletkin is reading.
(b) Gletkin learned to read late in life.
(c) He is trying to make Rubashov sleepy.
(d) He is trying to make the accusations difficult to understand.

2. Who appoints the examining magistrate?
(a) No. 1
(b) The authorities
(c) The warden
(d) The local party chairman

3. Why is Rubashov allowed to remain in bed on his first morning in prison?
(a) The rules are not posted in his cell.
(b) He tells them he has the flu.
(c) He claims to have a toothache.
(d) He has not been processed yet.

4. What does Gletkin say was the purpose of Rubashov’s confession two years previously?
(a) To stay in the Party
(b) To save his neck
(c) To play one side against another
(d) To keep on working

5. What is wrong with Ivanov’s bad leg?
(a) It is shorter than the other.
(b) The knee is frozen.
(c) It is full of shrapnel.
(d) It is artificial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Hare-lip’s father?

2. To whom is Richard’s sister-in-law married?

3. How did Vassilij get the scar on his neck?

4. What does Rubashov need in order to get cigarettes?

5. What does Rubashov feel is one of the worst degradation during his interviews with Gletkin?

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