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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the car, what does Rubashov tell the younger official the official should study?
(a) The Party's history
(b) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(c) How to get people on your side
(d) World events

2. 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

3. What awakens Rubashov at seven in the morning?
(a) A guard banging on his door
(b) A person in the next cell screaming
(c) A bugle call
(d) The sunlight through the window

4. What does Ivanov call Rubashov’s accuser?
(a) Someone
(b) C
(c) X
(d) The man

5. What does Bill, a man Little Loewy and Rubashov meet, do for a living?
(a) He is a banker
(b) He is a dockworker
(c) Writes novels
(d) Writes articles for party magazines

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Rubashov have to pay for the taxi ride he took when he left Richard?

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

3. What is wrong with Ivanov’s bad leg?

4. What does Richard say about the material the Party sent him to distribute?

5. Why is Rubashov allowed to remain in bed on his first morning in prison?

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