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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard think people need to be told?
(a) The people need to be told the truth.
(b) The Party’s will determination is unbeatable.
(c) Richard does not have an opinion on what to tell the people
(d) The Party is strong and growing.

2. What does Rubashov want to ask the warden for when they arrive at his cell?
(a) Paper to write a letter
(b) Wool socks
(c) Some coffee
(d) An extra blanket

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

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

5. What does Richard say about the material the Party sent him to distribute?
(a) It had just the right tone.
(b) It was written very well.
(c) It was written for the lowest of peasants.
(d) It was full of nonsense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov ask No. 1 for while Rubashov is still on crutches?

2. As Rubashov is lying in his cell the first morning, what does he think will happen to him?

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

4. What happened to Arlova?

5. What is the quadratic alphabet?

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