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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ivanov believes that he is what kind of person? What kind of person does Ivanov believe Gletkin to be?
(a) Ivanov is a "by the books" and Gletkin is spontaneous.
(b) Gletkin is a cynic and Ivanov is a moralist
(c) Ivanov is a cynic and Ivanov is a moralist.
(d) Gletkin is a stoic and Ivanov is soft

2. Why does Gletkin think no human can resist torture?
(a) There is nothing worth dying for.
(b) No human believes anything that strongly.
(c) Humans are inherently self-centered.
(d) The human spirit is limited by the physical nervous system.

3. When No. 402 proclaims the emperor, what does Rubashov say to him?
(a) I agree.
(b) The emperor is dead.
(c) Amen.
(d) Don’t say that so loud.

4. With what does Rubashov say he and the other leaders of the revolution replaced vision?
(a) Nothing, vision was never discussed
(b) Hard work
(c) Logical deduction
(d) A specific set of laws

5. As Rubashov is lying in his cell the first morning, what does he think will happen to him?
(a) He will be sent to Siberia.
(b) He will be released.
(c) He will be shot.
(d) He will be in prison for several years.

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

7. With what does the younger official bang on Rubashov’s door?
(a) The butt of a pistol
(b) His hand
(c) A piece of wood
(d) A railroad spike

8. What does Rubashov ask No. 1 for while Rubashov is still on crutches?
(a) Access to better doctors
(b) To be able to return to his home in Petersburg
(c) The fate of Richard
(d) For a new mission overseas

9. How many minutes were the prisoners not in isolation allowed to walk outside?
(a) Twenty minutes
(b) Thirty minutes
(c) Fifteen minutes
(d) An hour

10. What happened to Arlova?
(a) She married an Englishman and moved.
(b) She was executed.
(c) She died after a long illness.
(d) She killed herself.

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

12. Why is Rubashov allowed to remain in bed on his first morning in prison?
(a) He tells them he has the flu.
(b) He claims to have a toothache.
(c) He has not been processed yet.
(d) The rules are not posted in his cell.

13. Why does Rubashov feel sorry for Prisoner 402?
(a) 402 is very young
(b) 402 is not allowed outside
(c) Rubashov does not feel sorry for 402
(d) 402 will not be killed but imprisoned for the rest of his life

14. With what was Rubashov’s suitcase filled when he met a man in southern Germany in 1933?
(a) New clothes and passports
(b) Dental equipment novelties
(c) Guns and ammunition
(d) Pamphlets against the party

15. How many paces is Rubashov’s cell?
(a) Five
(b) Six and a half
(c) Nine
(d) Seven and a half

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the officer handing out breakfast tell the warden is missing in Rubashov’s cell?

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

3. What does Rubashov say is history’s mortar?

4. What principle does Ivanov says governs political ethics?

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

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