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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 think Gletkin represents?
(a) The actual counter-revolution
(b) The harmful effect of promoting peasants
(c) The brutal embodiment of state.
(d) The state’s desire to control all people

2. What does Wassilij say to the reader about Rubashov declaring himself a traitor?
(a) He will rot in hell
(b) He is not a traitor
(c) She does not understand about any of it
(d) He was probably tortured

3. 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

4. What does the prosecutor tell Rubashov he does not have because of Arlova?
(a) No regrets
(b) No understanding of what is necessary for the revolution
(c) The entire story
(d) No moral sense

5. What does Rubashov say becomes real in death?
(a) The metaphysical
(b) The purpose in dying
(c) Believing in an after life
(d) Thoughts of God

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Gletkin say is the one duty of the revolution?

5. What does Gletkin say is the reason peasants in industrial positions should be shot for even minor infractions of the law?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Wassilij’s daughter tell him about the petition at work?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Rubashov respond to Hare-lip’s accusations?

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

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

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