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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. What principle does Ivanov says governs political ethics?
(a) The masses do not know what is good for them
(b) Politics and religion do not mix
(c) The ends justifies the means
(d) Politicians will always be corrupt

2. What does Ivanov call Rubashov’s accuser?
(a) C
(b) Someone
(c) X
(d) The man

3. What happens in the trade delegation library shortly before the second great trial of the opposition?
(a) There is no library in the trade building
(b) The library is burned
(c) Most of the written material is taken and replaced
(d) The library is shut down

4. With what does Rubashov say wrong ideas must be punished?
(a) Death
(b) Re-education
(c) Prison terms
(d) Isolation and torture

5. What does Rubashov say is the reason he is lost?
(a) He fought for the wrong cause.
(b) He realizes they are going to shoot him.
(c) He now knows the revolution has a self-centered person at the head.
(d) He no longer believes himself infallible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does 402 tell Rubashov is happening the night the prison feels different?

2. According to Rubashov, how much time has passed since he slept with a woman?

3. What does Rubashov think molded him and Ivanov to be very similar people?

4. What job did Rubashov hold?

5. What does Rubashov think about the Party’s results after he runs out of cigarettes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does rub meet Prisoner 406 and what does the 406 show Rubashov?

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

3. Why does Rubashov meet with Little Loewy?

4. Why does Rubashov question Richard and what does Rubashov tell Richard?

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

6. What does Gletkin consider to be the best methods for getting confessions out of prisoners? Why does he feel this way?

7. How does Rubashov pass his time in the his cell?

8. What is in the cell in which Rubashov is locked at the beginning of the book?

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

10. What does Rubashov tell the warden when he is asked why he is not out of bed? What is the warden’s reply?

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