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

2. From what does Rubashov tell Ivanov all of Ivanov’s examples are taken?
(a) From The Prince
(b) From times of peace
(c) From abnormal circumstances
(d) From examples by No. 1

3. What book does Ivanov say should never have been written?
(a) Crime and Punishment
(b) War and Peace
(c) The Gulag Archipelago
(d) Anna Karenina

4. What was Rubashov’s friends’ rationale for convincing him not to help Arlova?
(a) Rubashov cannot change the system if he is kicked out of the system
(b) That she was obviously doing something wrong
(c) You can’t save them all
(d) That Rubashov is more valuable to the revolution

5. What happens in the trade delegation library shortly before the second great trial of the opposition?
(a) Most of the written material is taken and replaced
(b) The library is burned
(c) The library is shut down
(d) There is no library in the trade building

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gletkin say is the reason Gletkin did not give in to torture?

2. What message does Rubashov receive about what he should do when his trial is over?

3. What is wrong with Ivanov’s bad leg?

4. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?

5. What does No. 1 believe justifies his harsh methods?

(see the answer key)

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