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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 the present day theorists’ job in government is?
(a) To show the party where the people must be manipulated
(b) To render the laws comprehensible
(c) To take the philosophy of government and make it practical
(d) To prove that a change in course by No.1 is a revelation of philosophy

2. What does Rubashov know would stop the hearings?
(a) To agree to everything or to deny everything
(b) To sleep through the hearings
(c) To kill himself
(d) To begin accusations against Gletkin

3. What does the prosecutor interrupt Rubashov to ask?
(a) To ask him about his time overseas
(b) To ask him questions about Arlova
(c) If he plans to take a long time
(d) If he is going to say anything against the revolution

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

5. What does Rubashov say every government measure represents?
(a) A necessary evil
(b) Power above the masses
(c) Applied philosophy
(d) A well thought out proposition

6. From where does Rubashov’s new exercise partner come?
(a) Province W
(b) East Germany
(c) Province D
(d) Moscow

7. What does Rubashov realize about his position with Gletkin?
(a) Gletkin hates Rubashov.
(b) Gletkin wants to do away with the old guard.
(c) Rubashov has as much power as Gletkin.
(d) Gletkin is much younger than Rubashov.

8. What does Gletkin say is the reason peasants in industrial positions should be shot for even minor infractions of the law?
(a) Peasants had to learn in ten years what most in other countries learned in 200 years.
(b) Rules are the only way for a country to know they are doing a good job.
(c) Death is the only punishment for all crimes.
(d) Peasants are too stupid to learn on their own.

9. What did Wassilij hide in his mattress?
(a) A Bible
(b) A picture of Lenin
(c) A new passport
(d) A gun

10. What sticks out of the wall above Wassilij’s head?
(a) A water pipe
(b) A large hook
(c) A flue
(d) A rusty nail

11. 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) Horses
(c) Guinea pigs
(d) Agriculture

12. Who is reading the newspaper to Wassilij?
(a) His sister
(b) His wife
(c) His daughter
(d) His neighbor

13. What does Rubashov say has always been his motives for anything?
(a) He lived according to his convictions and conscience.
(b) He knew they had made a mistake.
(c) He had no known motives.
(d) He knew the world looked at Russia with disdain.

14. What right does Rubashov forgo concerning Kieffer?
(a) The right to have Kieffer executed first
(b) The right to ask Kieffer questions
(c) He does not forgo any right.
(d) The right to have Kieffer produce concrete documents

15. What right does the newspaper say Rubashov waived for the trial?
(a) A change of venue
(b) The right to remain silent
(c) A jury trial
(d) An advocate

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wassilij say after he hears that Rubashov’s sentence is death?

2. What does Rubashov think the main idea about No. 1 is, that must be in a confession?

3. What does Wassilij ask the reader about the petition she has?

4. What did Rubashov mean to study when he was a boy?

5. What does Rubashov feel is one of the worst degradation during his interviews with Gletkin?

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