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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the newspaper say is the type of evidence against Rubashov?
(a) It is not said what the evidence is
(b) Rubashov’s confession and documentary evidence
(c) Recorded conversations with terrorists
(d) Documents accumulated over a three year period

2. What did Rubashov believe when he worked for the party as a boy?
(a) He would be where No. 1 is now.
(b) All of his questions would be answered.
(c) The Party would abolish the death penalty.
(d) The Party would end injustice.

3. Why did Rubashov not recognize Hare-lip’s name?
(a) He did not know Hare-lip’s real name
(b) He is too sleepy to think
(c) Hare-lip has a different name from his father
(d) He only knew Hare-lip’s father by his father’s writing name

4. Why is Rubashov taken outside during one of his hearings?
(a) He said he would not sign unless he was outside.
(b) Gletkin is beginning to like Rubashov.
(c) It is his exercise time.
(d) Rubashov faints during the session.

5. What does Hare-lip say about Rubashov?
(a) Rubashov and Hare-lip were neighbors when Hare-lip was young.
(b) Rubashov conspired with Hare-lip’s father against No. 1.
(c) Rubashov tried to get Hare-lip to poison No. 1.
(d) Hare-lip has never seen Rubashov before this prison time.

6. What color of scarf is the reader wearing?
(a) Blue
(b) Flowered
(c) Checkered
(d) Red

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

8. Why is Ivanov arrested?
(a) He is a friend of Rubashov’s
(b) He advocates overthrow of the government
(c) He conducted Rubashov’s interview negligently
(d) He spoke out against No. 1

9. What does Rubashov remember he had read about the universe?
(a) The universe is finite.
(b) The universe is infinite.
(c) The universe a part of God.
(d) The universe is within the earth.

10. What does Gletkin say is the one duty of the revolution?
(a) To convert the world
(b) To not perish
(c) To save the masses
(d) To kill any and all opposition

11. What is the method by which Rubashov’s accusations say he was going to end No. 1’s life?
(a) His cold lunch sandwich
(b) Poison in his nightly tea
(c) Switching out his medications
(d) Long range rifle

12. What does Rubashov think is the real reason he is innocent of all charges?
(a) Gletkin is not even smart enough to understand Rubashov’s thinking process
(b) His entire life has been dedicated to the party
(c) He would never over-throw a government he helped put in place
(d) He is too old to care about another revolution

13. Who is Rubashov paired with in exercise the morning after Bogrov’s execution?
(a) The young army officer
(b) Rip Van Wrinkle
(c) Prisoner 402
(d) A thin peasant with bast shoes

14. What does Rubashov think about when he is thinking about suffering?
(a) There is a difference between pointless and meaningful suffering.
(b) All suffering is good for the soul
(c) Suffering is bad for the advancement of humanity
(d) Suffering is the only thing the revolution has not eliminated

15. What does Hare-lip say is the what Rubashov says is the way No. 1 will no longer be in power?
(a) No. 1 will never be removed.
(b) No. 1 will be forced out by the Party.
(c) No. 1 will be removed by violence.
(d) No. 1 will resign when he is old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov say the present day theorists’ job in government is?

2. What right does the newspaper say Rubashov waived for the trial?

3. What does Wassilij ask the reader about the petition she has?

4. What does Rubashov think the main idea about No. 1 is, that must be in a confession?

5. What does Gletkin say was the purpose of Rubashov’s confession two years previously?

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