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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Vassilij get the scar on his neck?
(a) Fighting in the civil war
(b) On a hunting trip
(c) Fighting the Germans
(d) In a farming accident with a threshing machine

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

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

4. What job did Rubashov hold?
(a) College professor
(b) Commissar of the People
(c) Colonel in the army
(d) Politician

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rubashov dreaming about when officials come to arrest him?

2. What principle does Ivanov says governs political ethics?

3. Who reads the newspaper to Vassilij?

4. What does the officer handing out breakfast tell the warden is missing in Rubashov’s cell?

5. To what new job is Arlova appointed?

(see the answer key)

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