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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) How to get people on your side
(b) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(c) The Party's history
(d) World events

2. Why is Rubashov allowed to remain in bed on his first morning in prison?
(a) He tells them he has the flu.
(b) The rules are not posted in his cell.
(c) He claims to have a toothache.
(d) He has not been processed yet.

3. What does Rubashov shout out his door as the breakfast crew is leaving his hallway?
(a) Go on and leave me alone.
(b) I do not know.
(c) I will eat lunch.
(d) Paper and pencil

4. With what was Rubashov’s suitcase filled when he met a man in southern Germany in 1933?
(a) New clothes and passports
(b) Dental equipment novelties
(c) Guns and ammunition
(d) Pamphlets against the party

5. What does Rubashov think about the Party’s results after he runs out of cigarettes?
(a) The principles were right, the results wrong.
(b) The results were right.
(c) The Party could not foresee the results.
(d) The Party was completely wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rubashov, how much time has passed since he slept with a woman?

2. How did Vassilij get the scar on his neck?

3. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?

4. What does the doctor say is wrong with Rubashov’s tooth?

5. What does Bill, a man Little Loewy and Rubashov meet, do for a living?

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