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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. What is the last thing prisoner 380 yelled as he is pulled down the corridor?
(a) The revolution is dead
(b) Death to No. 1
(c) Rubashov
(d) Stalin devil

3. What is an execution called in prison?
(a) Target practice
(b) Physical liquidation
(c) Hangman’s Bluff
(d) Prejudiced termination

4. What does Ivanov say are the two conceptions of human ethics?
(a) Humane and collective aim
(b) Natural and man-made
(c) Humane and inhumane
(d) Christian and humane

5. To what new job is Arlova appointed?
(a) To be a librarian and monitor the political correctness of books
(b) To write a new biography of No. 1
(c) To be the secretary for Rubashov’s superior
(d) To monitor the talk in the canteen

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Rubashov tell Ivanov all of Ivanov’s examples are taken?

2. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?

3. With whom was Richard’s wife having an affair?

4. With what does the younger official bang on Rubashov’s door?

5. What does No. 402 call No. 406?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Rubashov do after he is told he will get no breakfast?

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

9. How does Rubashov respond to the evidence and charges Ivanov presents? What is Ivanov’s response?

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

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