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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 right does the newspaper say Rubashov waived for the trial?
(a) A change of venue
(b) A jury trial
(c) The right to remain silent
(d) An advocate

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

3. What does the resolution that the reader signed demand?
(a) That Rubashov be exterminated
(b) That Rubashov be released
(c) That Rubashov be sent to Siberia
(d) That a new trial take place for Rubashov

4. What does Rubashov believe honor to be?
(a) To allow the younger generation to take the reins
(b) To confess even when innocent
(c) To serve without vanity
(d) To die without protest

5. What does Wassilij ask the reader about the petition she has?
(a) If she plans to sign it
(b) If the civil war veterans are required to sign it
(c) If she brought it there for him to sign
(d) If the boy she plans to marry has signed it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov say every government measure represents?

2. What does Hare-lip say is the what Rubashov says is the way No. 1 will no longer be in power?

3. What does Rubashov call the light in the room where his third hearing is held?

4. What does the logic of history say must happen in a regime?

5. What does Rubashov do with his confession before supper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rubashov realize about his relationship with Gletkin? Why does he think this?

3. For what does Wassilij interrupt her reading?

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

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

6. How does Gletkin interview Rubashov differently than Ivanov might have done?

7. 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?

8. What verdict is reached on Rubashov's charges? What evidence is presented?

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

10. What does Rubashov say some of his ideas could cause?

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