Darkness at Noon Test | Final Test - Hard

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Darkness at Noon Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prosecutor demand at the end of his speech?

2. What does the reader do as she reads the newspaper to Wassilij?

3. What is the one charge against Rubashov which is dropped?

4. Between what does Rubashov’s condition alternate during the hearing?

5. Why does Rubashov make the speech he makes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wassilij think about right after the questions concerning Arlova are read to him?

2. What does Rubashov realize about his relationship with Gletkin? Why does he think this?

3. When Rubashov begins to address the court, what does he say he will talk about?

4. To what other charges does Rubashov concede? What is the one charge that is dropped?

5. What does Wassilij’s daughter tell him about the petition at work?

6. How does Wassilij’s daughter read the paper to him?

7. What does Wassilij say to his daughter about Rubashov’s speech?

8. What is the result of Gletkin’s pushing Rubashov with no sleep?

9. How does Gletkin interview Rubashov differently than Ivanov might have done?

10. For what does Wassilij interrupt her reading?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel and why Darkness at Noon is or is not a successful novel based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

Compare/contrast the characters of Rubashov and Ivanov. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Rubashov and Gletkin. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

Essay Topic 3

When he wakes, Rubashov meditates on whether he will be shot, saying to himself, "the old guard is dead. . . . We are the last" and rubbing his "pince-nez".

Discuss the implications of the above statement in view of what is happening in the Soviet Republic at the time of this novel’s setting. Use examples from Darkness at Noon to support your answer.

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