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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ivanov call Rubashov’s emotional state?
(a) Anti-revolutionary
(b) Nervous depression
(c) Martyr complex
(d) Sentimental nonsense

3. What does Ivanov call all the deaths that have occurred since the revolution?
(a) Collateral damage
(b) Blood to build a strong future
(c) Deaths to fertilize the possibilities
(d) Giving mankind a new skin

4. What does Rubashov say is the reason he is lost?
(a) He no longer believes himself infallible.
(b) He now knows the revolution has a self-centered person at the head.
(c) He fought for the wrong cause.
(d) He realizes they are going to shoot him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov think molded him and Ivanov to be very similar people?

2. To what round is Rubashov attached for daily exercise?

3. What does Ivanov say would have made Raskolnikov innocent of a crime?

4. How did Little Loewy die?

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

(see the answer key)

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