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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 Gletkin say about Arlova?
(a) She said before she died that Rubashov considered the revolution dead.
(b) Rubashov did not denounce her.
(c) She might have been innocent.
(d) Arlova is not really dead.

2. For what reason does Kieffer beg his life be spared?
(a) He did not mean to say any of it.
(b) He could not help who his father was.
(c) He was led astray by Rubashov.
(d) He is very young.

3. What does Rubashov think the best of them do when condemned to die?
(a) They stay silent.
(b) They try to get in some political points in their last speech.
(c) They blame the state.
(d) They still try to take down the government.

4. What does Rubashov think about when he is thinking about suffering?
(a) All suffering is good for the soul
(b) There is a difference between pointless and meaningful suffering.
(c) Suffering is the only thing the revolution has not eliminated
(d) Suffering is bad for the advancement of humanity

5. What does the prosecutor ask Rubashov about counter-revolutionary movements?
(a) If Rubashov can recite a list of counter-revolutionary actions
(b) If Rubashov has named any other conspirators
(c) If Rubashov acted as an agent of counter-revolution
(d) If Rubashov wants to denounce the counter-revolution movements

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov think the main idea about No. 1 is, that must be in a confession?

2. What does Rubashov think is the reason Gletkin reads in a monotone?

3. What is the one charge against Rubashov which is dropped?

4. What does the reader say the cell secretary asks her?

5. What does Gletkin say will happen in the future when the regime survives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of Gletkin’s pushing Rubashov with no sleep?

2. What does the reactionary peasant do to end up in prison?

3. For what reason does Rubashov think the regime is attempting to get rid of the old guard?

4. To what other charges does Rubashov concede? What is the one charge that is dropped?

5. What happens after 402 taps his farewell to Rubashov?

6. What does the prisoner in 402 tell Rubashov to do before they come for Rubashov and how long does 402 have to remain in prison? What are 402’s last words to Rubashov?

7. What happens with Rubashov right after he signs the last charge?

8. What does Rubashov feel about the grammatical fiction and the USSR right before he is taken to be killed?

9. What are the first two questions the prosecutor asks Rubashov?

10. What is Wassilij’s daughter thinking as she reads the paper out loud?

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