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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does the reader sign up to marry three weeks ago?
(a) A mechanic
(b) The boy next door
(c) A police officer
(d) A farmer
2. What does Rubashov think is the real reason he is innocent of all charges?
(a) His entire life has been dedicated to the party
(b) Gletkin is not even smart enough to understand Rubashov’s thinking process
(c) He is too old to care about another revolution
(d) He would never over-throw a government he helped put in place
3. Why is Ivanov arrested?
(a) He spoke out against No. 1
(b) He is a friend of Rubashov’s
(c) He advocates overthrow of the government
(d) He conducted Rubashov’s interview negligently
4. What does Rubashov say he will explain to the judges?
(a) Why the revolution has failed
(b) What types of counter-revolutionary movements he led
(c) What led him to capitulate to the investigating magistrate
(d) Why No. 1 is not fit to rule the country
5. What does the prosecutor interrupt Rubashov to ask?
(a) If he is going to say anything against the revolution
(b) If he plans to take a long time
(c) To ask him questions about Arlova
(d) To ask him about his time overseas
6. Why does Rubashov make the speech he makes?
(a) He wants to preserve the republic.
(b) He realizes he no longer cares.
(c) He realizes it is too late for anything else.
(d) He has been guaranteed life in prison.
7. What does Rubashov think the main idea about No. 1 is, that must be in a confession?
(a) That the power does rest with No. 1
(b) That No. 1 is infallible
(c) That No. 1 is a dictator
(d) That No. 1 holds the death as well as the life of every person in the republic
8. 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 resign when he is old.
(b) No. 1 will be removed by violence.
(c) No. 1 will be forced out by the Party.
(d) No. 1 will never be removed.
9. What does the logic of history say must happen in a regime?
(a) The more stable a regime is the more rigid it becomes
(b) It must fall within 200 years
(c) It must ultimately give in to the masses
(d) The regime must, eventually, give power to a small minority
10. Who appoints the examining magistrate?
(a) The local party chairman
(b) No. 1
(c) The warden
(d) The authorities
11. What does Rubashov say every government measure represents?
(a) A necessary evil
(b) Power above the masses
(c) A well thought out proposition
(d) Applied philosophy
12. For what reason does Kieffer beg his life be spared?
(a) He was led astray by Rubashov.
(b) He could not help who his father was.
(c) He is very young.
(d) He did not mean to say any of it.
13. What does Rubashov’s new exercise partner call himself?
(a) A counter-revolutionary
(b) A stubborn farmer
(c) A desert dweller
(d) A reactionary
14. 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) Peasants are too stupid to learn on their own.
(c) Death is the only punishment for all crimes.
(d) Rules are the only way for a country to know they are doing a good job.
15. Why does Rubashov ask for a recess for a few minutes?
(a) He has a toothache.
(b) He needs to consult his attorney.
(c) He has a headache.
(d) He needs to consult his notes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Wassilij ask the reader about the petition she has?
2. What does Rubashov know would stop the hearings?
3. What worries Wassilij about contradicting the reader?
4. When is Rubashov taken from his cell after turning in his confession?
5. What does the newspaper say is the type of evidence against Rubashov?
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