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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rubashov, how much time has passed since he slept with a woman?
(a) Three weeks
(b) Two weeks
(c) A month
(d) One year

2. What picture hangs over Rubashov’s bed at home?
(a) A picture of No. 1
(b) A picture of the Red army taking over the tsar’s palace
(c) A picture of his family
(d) A picture of a vacation spot in France

3. What do the prisoners do when prisoner 380 is taken to be killed?
(a) Tap on the door the code for rest in peace, over and over
(b) Sing a hymn
(c) Stand at the spy hole and drum
(d) Yell anti-government slogans

4. What relative of Arlova’s was arrested over there?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her father
(c) Her sister
(d) Her brother

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many paces is Rubashov’s cell?

3. What was the last position Ivanov held in the military when he was over Rubashov?

4. What happens in the trade delegation library shortly before the second great trial of the opposition?

5. What kind of stories did the prisoner in cell 402 often tell?

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