View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?
(a) Pulling carrots out of hats
(b) Telling a person’s weight by looking at them
(c) Spinning coins over his knuckles
(d) Moving his hat with his ears

2. What does Gletkin fear about Ivanov and Rubashov?
(a) The Ivanov will convince Rubashov for a public trial and Gletkin’s methods will be questioned
(b) That they are conspiring to have Gletkin arrested
(c) That Ivanov will succeed and Rubashov will sign a confession
(d) That Ivanov will help Rubashov escape

3. What is wrong with Ivanov’s bad leg?
(a) It is artificial.
(b) It is full of shrapnel.
(c) It is shorter than the other.
(d) The knee is frozen.

4. What is Rubashov dreaming about when officials come to arrest him?
(a) His wife and children who were killed
(b) Leaving Russia and living in France
(c) His first trip outside the country
(d) His first arrest

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

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

7. What does Rubashov think the barber looks like?
(a) A mechanic or locksmith
(b) An actor
(c) His former brother-in-law
(d) A farmer

8. What does Rubashov decide about Ivanov’s assertion that Ivanov wants to help Rubashov?
(a) He is using it as a manipulation
(b) Ivanov is sincere in his desire to help Rubashov
(c) He feels ashamed that Rubashov saved his life
(d) He does not mean it

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

10. What does Rubashov do first when they lock him in his cell?
(a) Lies down
(b) Lights a cigarette
(c) Uses the toilet
(d) Screams at the guard

11. To what new job is Arlova appointed?
(a) To monitor the talk in the canteen
(b) To write a new biography of No. 1
(c) To be the secretary for Rubashov’s superior
(d) To be a librarian and monitor the political correctness of books

12. What does Rubashov say is history’s mortar?
(a) War, deception and power
(b) Belief, blood and bravery
(c) Blood, mud, and lies
(d) Lies, soap, and religion

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

14. What kind of car do the officials drive who come to arrest Rubashov?
(a) A new German Audit
(b) A French Peugeot
(c) A modern American car
(d) An old Russian Moskvitch

15. What is the quadratic alphabet?
(a) It is a square which is filled in with letters for communicating.
(b) It is the number of paces .in a cell times three divided by one half.
(c) It is related to the way the sun hits a sundial.
(d) There is no such thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the prisoners do when prisoner 380 is taken to be killed?

2. What does Little Loewy smoke?

3. What does Richard think people need to be told?

4. Ivanov believes that he is what kind of person? What kind of person does Ivanov believe Gletkin to be?

5. What does the barber put under Rubashov’s collar?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 663 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample