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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rubashov say is the one argument the party has to settle a difference of opinion?
(a) Death to opposition
(b) The masses are like sheep
(c) The consequence is obvious
(d) The state has the power

2. What was Richard’s trade?
(a) Librarian
(b) Farmer
(c) Carpenter
(d) Locksmith

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

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

5. What does No. 402 call No. 406?
(a) Something Man
(b) Dumb as rocks
(c) Julius Caesar
(d) Rip Van Wrinkle

6. What does 402 tell Rubashov is happening the night the prison feels different?
(a) Sympathizers are going to break into the prison
(b) He does not know what is happening
(c) The prison guards are being changed
(d) Political differences are being settled

7. With what does Rubashov say wrong ideas must be punished?
(a) Prison terms
(b) Death
(c) Isolation and torture
(d) Re-education

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

9. What principle does Ivanov says governs political ethics?
(a) Politics and religion do not mix
(b) Politicians will always be corrupt
(c) The ends justifies the means
(d) The masses do not know what is good for them

10. What does the officer handing out breakfast tell the warden is missing in Rubashov’s cell?
(a) A towel
(b) Soap at the sink
(c) A chair at the desk
(d) A mop for the floor

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

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

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

14. What does the barber put under Rubashov’s collar?
(a) Some prison vouchers
(b) A piece of paper
(c) A piece of chocolate
(d) A photograph

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?

2. What job did Rubashov hold?

3. As Rubashov is lying in his cell the first morning, what does he think will happen to him?

4. Who reads the newspaper to Vassilij?

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

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