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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Vassilij get the scar on his neck?
(a) In a farming accident with a threshing machine
(b) Fighting the Germans
(c) On a hunting trip
(d) Fighting in the civil war

2. To what round is Rubashov attached for daily exercise?
(a) Fourth round
(b) Third round
(c) First round
(d) Second round

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

4. What does Little Loewy smoke?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) A corncob pipe
(c) A sailor’s pipe
(d) Cigars

5. What relative of Arlova’s was arrested over there?
(a) Her brother
(b) Her father
(c) Her mother
(d) Her sister

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

7. What was the last position Ivanov held in the military when he was over Rubashov?
(a) Company commander
(b) Platoon Lieutenant
(c) He was never in the military with Rubashov.
(d) Battalion commander

8. 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) The prison guards are being changed
(d) Sympathizers are going to break into the prison

9. What does Rubashov shout out his door as the breakfast crew is leaving his hallway?
(a) I do not know.
(b) Paper and pencil
(c) Go on and leave me alone.
(d) I will eat lunch.

10. What does Ivanov say would have made Raskolnikov innocent of a crime?
(a) If he had not killed a second person
(b) If it had been done in a different country
(c) If he had killed the old woman for the party
(d) If the old woman had fought against Raskolnikov

11. To whom is Richard’s sister-in-law married?
(a) Petier Von Luntz
(b) Johann Rupenstein
(c) The mayor of Ludenberg
(d) A police constable

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

13. What does the doctor say is wrong with Rubashov’s tooth?
(a) His tooth has been chipped.
(b) It needs a filling.
(c) There is nothing wrong with his tooth.
(d) His eye-tooth is broken off at the root.

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

15. 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 arrest
(d) His first trip outside the country

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many paces is Rubashov’s cell?

3. What picture hangs over Rubashov’s bed at home?

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

5. With what does the younger official bang on Rubashov’s door?

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