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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rubashov say is history’s mortar?
(a) Belief, blood and bravery
(b) Blood, mud, and lies
(c) Lies, soap, and religion
(d) War, deception and power

3. Why does Gletkin think no human can resist torture?
(a) The human spirit is limited by the physical nervous system.
(b) No human believes anything that strongly.
(c) Humans are inherently self-centered.
(d) There is nothing worth dying for.

4. What does Rubashov say is the one argument the party has to settle a difference of opinion?
(a) Death to opposition
(b) The state has the power
(c) The masses are like sheep
(d) The consequence is obvious

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Arlova?

2. What does Rubashov want to ask the warden for when they arrive at his cell?

3. Who is Rubashov paired with in exercise the morning after Bogrov’s execution?

4. What does Richard think people need to be told?

5. What does 406 say is the reason he is in prison?

(see the answer key)

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