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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Second 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) How to get people on your side
(c) World events
(d) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

2. What does Rubashov need in order to get cigarettes?
(a) Money
(b) A connection with the top prisoner
(c) Prison vouchers
(d) A visiting relative

3. What does 402 tell Rubashov is happening the night the prison feels different?
(a) Political differences are being settled
(b) He does not know what is happening
(c) Sympathizers are going to break into the prison
(d) The prison guards are being changed

4. How does Rubashov become deaf?
(a) He ran artillery in the army.
(b) He had scarlet fever when he was a boy.
(c) He was born deaf in one ear.
(d) He is hit behind the ear with a pistol.

5. With what does Rubashov say wrong ideas must be punished?
(a) Re-education
(b) Prison terms
(c) Isolation and torture
(d) Death

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov say is the one argument the party has to settle a difference of opinion?

2. What does Ivanov call Rubashov’s emotional state?

3. What does Ivanov say are the two conceptions of human ethics?

4. What kind of car do the officials drive who come to arrest Rubashov?

5. Why does Gletkin think no human can resist torture?

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