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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rubashov paired with in exercise the morning after Bogrov’s execution?
(a) Prisoner 402
(b) The young army officer
(c) A thin peasant with bast shoes
(d) Rip Van Wrinkle

2. Where does the reader work?
(a) In a store
(b) In an office building
(c) On a farm
(d) In a factory

3. What does the newspaper say is the type of evidence against Rubashov?
(a) Documents accumulated over a three year period
(b) It is not said what the evidence is
(c) Rubashov’s confession and documentary evidence
(d) Recorded conversations with terrorists

4. What does Hare-lip say is the what Rubashov says is the way No. 1 will no longer be in power?
(a) No. 1 will be removed by violence.
(b) No. 1 will be forced out by the Party.
(c) No. 1 will resign when he is old.
(d) No. 1 will never be removed.

5. What did Rubashov believe when he worked for the party as a boy?
(a) The Party would end injustice.
(b) He would be where No. 1 is now.
(c) The Party would abolish the death penalty.
(d) All of his questions would be answered.

6. What does the resolution that the reader signed demand?
(a) That a new trial take place for Rubashov
(b) That Rubashov be released
(c) That Rubashov be exterminated
(d) That Rubashov be sent to Siberia

7. How does the reader heat water for tea?
(a) On a hotplate
(b) On a Primus stove
(c) In a pot hanging in the fireplace
(d) On the electric stove

8. What did Rubashov talk about with a diplomat of a foreign power which Gletkin says was a conversation to get a foreign power to overthrow the government?
(a) His father’s farm
(b) Agriculture
(c) Guinea pigs
(d) Horses

9. What does 402 say when Rubashov tells him Rubashov is capitulating?
(a) 402 says he rather hang
(b) He tells Rubashov that 402 is going to do the same
(c) He tells Rubashov he is a coward
(d) He tells Rubashov he is very brave

10. What makes Wassilij start to cough?
(a) Drinking tea that is too hot
(b) To stop himself from saying too much
(c) Sitting up too fast
(d) From smoking a cigarette

11. What is something Rubashov notices about his body shortly before they shoot him?
(a) His eyesight is better.
(b) His tooth has quit hurting.
(c) He is not shaking like he thought he would.
(d) He is glad he used the toilet before he was taken.

12. What does the reader ask Wassilij before Wassilij signs the petition?
(a) If he is angry at Rubashov
(b) If he thinks the petition can save him
(c) If he wants her to read the petition to him
(d) If he wants her to sign right below him

13. Why does Wassilij think one must be cunning in life?
(a) So that one can advance
(b) So one does not end up in prison
(c) So one can steer the young in a direction without the young knowing it
(d) So one can live comfortably

14. What happened to Hare-lip’s father?
(a) He died of a long, extended illness.
(b) He died of old age.
(c) He was executed.
(d) He moved to Belgium.

15. What does Gletkin tell Rubashov is the only way Rubashov can serve the Party now?
(a) By giving the names of those involved in the plot against No. 1
(b) By making a full public confession to the plot to kill No. 1
(c) By denouncing Ivanov
(d) By denouncing all of the old guard

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov call the light in the room where his third hearing is held?

2. What does Rubashov realize he missed right after breakfast?

3. Between what does Rubashov’s condition alternate during the hearing?

4. What does Rubashov realize about his position with Gletkin?

5. Why does Wassilij not protest the removal of Rubashov’s picture off the wall?

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