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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. How does the reader heat water for tea?
(a) On a Primus stove
(b) On a hotplate
(c) In a pot hanging in the fireplace
(d) On the electric stove

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

3. What happened to Hare-lip’s father?
(a) He died of a long, extended illness.
(b) He died of old age.
(c) He moved to Belgium.
(d) He was executed.

4. Why did Rubashov not recognize Hare-lip’s name?
(a) He only knew Hare-lip’s father by his father’s writing name
(b) Hare-lip has a different name from his father
(c) He did not know Hare-lip’s real name
(d) He is too sleepy to think

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rubashov mean to study when he was a boy?

2. What does Wassilij ask the reader about the petition she has?

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

4. What does Rubashov say becomes real in death?

5. For what reason does Kieffer beg his life be spared?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Wassilij’s daughter have to say about Rubashov’s trial and what is his response?

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

5. What does Rubashov’s diary entry at the beginning of the Third Hearing contain?

6. What does Rubashov think about the party as he is waiting to be executed?

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

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

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

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

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