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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 is Ivanov arrested?
(a) He spoke out against No. 1
(b) He advocates overthrow of the government
(c) He conducted Rubashov’s interview negligently
(d) He is a friend of Rubashov’s

2. What does Wassilij think about when the reader reads about the recess?
(a) Wassilij talking late into the night with Rubashov
(b) Rubashov returning on crutches from a foreign country
(c) Wassilij telling Rubashov not to capitulate
(d) Rubashov leading the charge when he was head of the battalion

3. What does Gletkin tell Rubashov is the only way Rubashov can serve the Party now?
(a) By giving the names of those involved in the plot against No. 1
(b) By denouncing Ivanov
(c) By making a full public confession to the plot to kill No. 1
(d) By denouncing all of the old guard

4. What is the one charge against Rubashov which is dropped?
(a) Wanting to poison No. 1
(b) Sabotage of the aluminum trust
(c) Inciting a foreign diplomat to act against the government
(d) Embezzling from party funds

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov realize about his position with Gletkin?

2. What does Rubashov think about when he is thinking about suffering?

3. What happens to Rubashov over the next several days following his first interview with Gletkin?

4. Why does Rubashov ask for a recess for a few minutes?

5. Why does Wassilij turn his head away from the reader?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wassilij say to his daughter about Rubashov’s speech?

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

4. With whom does Gletkin confront Rubashov and with what charge?

5. What does Rubashov ask for when he is taken before Gletkin for Rubashov’s third hearing? What is Gletkin’s response?

6. What does Wassilij think about right after the questions concerning Arlova are read to him?

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

8. When Rubashov begins to address the court, what does he say he will talk about?

9. What is Rubashov’s response about Arlova when the prosecutor asks about her? What does the prosecutor say to Rubashov about Arlova?

10. For what does Wassilij interrupt her reading?

(see the answer keys)

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