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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What right does Rubashov forgo concerning Kieffer?
2. What does the prosecutor ask Rubashov about counter-revolutionary movements?
3. What does Rubashov feel is one of the worst degradation during his interviews with Gletkin?
4. What does Rubashov think is the real reason he is innocent of all charges?
5. What happens to Rubashov over the next several days following his first interview with Gletkin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Rubashov confused after he hands over his confession?
2. When Rubashov begins to address the court, what does he say he will talk about?
3. 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?
4. For what does Wassilij interrupt her reading?
5. What does the reactionary peasant do to end up in prison?
6. What does Wassilij think about right after the questions concerning Arlova are read to him?
7. What is Wassilij’s daughter thinking as she reads the paper out loud?
8. What does Rubashov think about the party as he is waiting to be executed?
9. What is Rubashov’s response about Arlova when the prosecutor asks about her? What does the prosecutor say to Rubashov about Arlova?
10. What does Prisoner 402 say about capitulation? What does Rubashov think of this belief?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the Second Hearing, Rubashov writes of an agriculturist who was killed because he believed nitrate artificial fertilizer was superior to potash.
Discuss how Rubashov relates the above to the communist government’s tendency at that time to kill anyone who disagrees with the government about any subject and how Rubashov believes only the future will know who is right. Use examples from Darkness at Noon to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel and why Darkness at Noon is or is not a successful novel based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?
Essay Topic 3
Rubashov is told to confess to his crimes and go to his death silently so that his trial can be a warning to others and help heal the rift that is occurring in the Party.
Why do you think Rubashov, at the end, is willing to do what a Party who is going to kill him asks him to do? Use examples from Darkness at Noon to support your answer.
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