Darkness at Noon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Darkness at Noon Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Richard’s wife?
(a) Genevieve
(b) Bonnie
(c) Kathryn
(d) Anny

2. What awakens Rubashov at seven in the morning?
(a) The sunlight through the window
(b) A person in the next cell screaming
(c) A bugle call
(d) A guard banging on his door

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

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

5. Who reads the newspaper to Vassilij?
(a) No one, he reads them himself
(b) His daughter
(c) His wife
(d) His son

6. What does No. 402 tell Rubashov after Rubashov reveals his name?
(a) I am innocent.
(b) Why are you here?
(c) Serves you right.
(d) How the mighty doth fall.

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

8. What does the agriculturist who is killed believe is the best fertilizer?
(a) Silt from the river basin
(b) Nitrate artificial fertilizer
(c) Potash
(d) Cow manure

9. What does No. 1 believe justifies his harsh methods?
(a) He is the absolute authority on everything.
(b) The ends justify the means.
(c) The past justifies the future.
(d) Justification is not necessary.

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

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

12. How did Little Loewy die?
(a) A heavy crate fell on him while unloading a ship.
(b) He was shot by a Party member.
(c) He hanged himself.
(d) He fell off a ship.

13. What does Rubashov think molded him and Ivanov to be very similar people?
(a) Fighting in a war
(b) The give and take of being outside the country so often
(c) The intense environment of the party
(d) Both knowing No. 1 so well

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Rubashov allowed to remain in bed on his first morning in prison?

3. With whom was Richard’s wife having an affair?

4. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?

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

(see the answer keys)

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