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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the younger official bang on Rubashov’s door?
(a) A piece of wood
(b) The butt of a pistol
(c) A railroad spike
(d) His hand

2. What does Gletkin fear about Ivanov and Rubashov?
(a) That Ivanov will succeed and Rubashov will sign a confession
(b) That Ivanov will help Rubashov escape
(c) That they are conspiring to have Gletkin arrested
(d) The Ivanov will convince Rubashov for a public trial and Gletkin’s methods will be questioned

3. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?
(a) Telling a person’s weight by looking at them
(b) Spinning coins over his knuckles
(c) Moving his hat with his ears
(d) Pulling carrots out of hats

4. When No. 402 proclaims the emperor, what does Rubashov say to him?
(a) Don’t say that so loud.
(b) Amen.
(c) I agree.
(d) The emperor is dead.

5. With what does Rubashov say he and the other leaders of the revolution replaced vision?
(a) Logical deduction
(b) Nothing, vision was never discussed
(c) A specific set of laws
(d) Hard work

6. What message does Rubashov receive about what he should do when his trial is over?
(a) Move to Europe
(b) Find his wife
(c) Die in silence
(d) Kill No. 1

7. What does No. 402 call No. 406?
(a) Rip Van Wrinkle
(b) Dumb as rocks
(c) Something Man
(d) Julius Caesar

8. What does Gletkin say is the reason Gletkin did not give in to torture?
(a) He did give into torture.
(b) He fainted.
(c) He has a rare disease in which his nerves do not feel pain.
(d) He believes in Communism too strongly.

9. What does Ivanov call all the deaths that have occurred since the revolution?
(a) Deaths to fertilize the possibilities
(b) Giving mankind a new skin
(c) Collateral damage
(d) Blood to build a strong future

10. To what round is Rubashov attached for daily exercise?
(a) First round
(b) Second round
(c) Fourth round
(d) Third round

11. How much did Rubashov have to pay for the taxi ride he took when he left Richard?
(a) Ten dollars
(b) Thirty rubles
(c) Twenty marks
(d) Nothing

12. What happened to Arlova?
(a) She killed herself.
(b) She married an Englishman and moved.
(c) She died after a long illness.
(d) She was executed.

13. Who reads the newspaper to Vassilij?
(a) His son
(b) His wife
(c) His daughter
(d) No one, he reads them himself

14. What does the officer handing out breakfast tell the warden is missing in Rubashov’s cell?
(a) A chair at the desk
(b) A towel
(c) A mop for the floor
(d) Soap at the sink

15. What does 406 draw for Rubashov one day when exercising?
(a) A map of the area
(b) A picture of No. 1
(c) A picture of the prison
(d) A picture of his wife

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the agriculturist who is killed believe is the best fertilizer?

2. What does Ivanov say are the two conceptions of human ethics?

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

4. What profession did No. 406 have?

5. What was Richard’s trade?

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