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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rubashov feel sorry for Prisoner 402?
(a) 402 will not be killed but imprisoned for the rest of his life
(b) 402 is not allowed outside
(c) 402 is very young
(d) Rubashov does not feel sorry for 402

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

3. As Rubashov paces his cell, what does he wonder about No. 1 ?
(a) What goes on inside No. 1’s brain
(b) Whether anyone can kill No. 1
(c) What No. 1 might be doing at the moment
(d) Whether No. 1 ever really believed the party line

4. With what does Rubashov say he and the other leaders of the revolution replaced vision?
(a) A specific set of laws
(b) Hard work
(c) Logical deduction
(d) Nothing, vision was never discussed

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the officer handing out breakfast tell the warden is missing in Rubashov’s cell?

2. What was the last position Ivanov held in the military when he was over Rubashov?

3. What are the two types of cases that could be used in court for Rubashov?

4. How did Little Loewy die?

5. To what new job is Arlova appointed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Rubashov watch the guards escort down the hallway after Rubashov’s flashback? What does the man look like?

2. How does Rubashov prepare for his first interrogation when he thinks they may use the steambath on him?

3. Where does Rubashov take the taxi when he leaves Richard? What does the driver do when they arrive there?

4. Why does Rubashov think he is unable to hate No. 1?

5. Who is brought to cell 406? What does he keep tapping?

6. What is Rubashov’s relationship to Arlova and what happens to her?

7. What is Rubashov thinking by the time Ivanov leaves him the morning after Bogrov is killed?

8. Why did Ivanov want to commit suicide at one point and how did Rubashov help him?

9. What does Ivanov present to Rubashov during their first interview?

10. Why is the agriculturist killed?

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