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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 does Rubashov say is the one argument the party has to settle a difference of opinion?
(a) The state has the power
(b) The masses are like sheep
(c) Death to opposition
(d) The consequence is obvious

2. How did Vassilij get the scar on his neck?
(a) Fighting in the civil war
(b) Fighting the Germans
(c) In a farming accident with a threshing machine
(d) On a hunting trip

3. How does Rubashov become deaf?
(a) He ran artillery in the army.
(b) He had scarlet fever when he was a boy.
(c) He is hit behind the ear with a pistol.
(d) He was born deaf in one ear.

4. According to Rubashov, how much time has passed since he slept with a woman?
(a) A month
(b) Two weeks
(c) One year
(d) Three weeks

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What principle does Ivanov says governs political ethics?

2. What was Richard’s trade?

3. How much did Rubashov have to pay for the taxi ride he took when he left Richard?

4. What does Rubashov need in order to get cigarettes?

5. What does No. 1 believe justifies his harsh methods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rubashov meet with Little Loewy?

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

3. What happens to Rubashov the first time he is imprisoned?

4. What book does Rubashov say No. 1 has sitting on his desk at all times? Why does No. 1 have the book?

5. What does Rubashov see the last night of the two weeks given to Rubashov by Ivanov? Who arranges it?

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

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

8. What does Ivanov tell Rubashov the day after Bogrov is killed?

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

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

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