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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 happens to Rubashov over the next several days following his first interview with Gletkin?
(a) He is taken in for cross-examination with little sleep
(b) He is moved to a different part of the prison
(c) He is left alone
(d) He is taken to court for his trial

2. What does Rubashov call the light in the room where his third hearing is held?
(a) A dazzle-light
(b) A torture device
(c) An interrogation beam
(d) An intimidation light

3. What does Rubashov say can take the nothingness out of dying?
(a) Knowing that death is not the end
(b) Being reconciled to the party
(c) Religion
(d) Love

4. Who is Rubashov paired with in exercise the morning after Bogrov’s execution?
(a) A thin peasant with bast shoes
(b) The young army officer
(c) Rip Van Wrinkle
(d) Prisoner 402

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rubashov make the speech he makes?

2. Why does Wassilij not protest the removal of Rubashov’s picture off the wall?

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

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

5. What does Gletkin say was the purpose of Rubashov’s confession two years previously?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wassilij’s daughter read the paper to him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. Why is Rubashov confused after he hands over his confession?

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