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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Hearing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many paces is Rubashov’s cell?
(a) Six and a half
(b) Nine
(c) Five
(d) Seven and a half

2. What does Bill, a man Little Loewy and Rubashov meet, do for a living?
(a) He is a dockworker
(b) Writes novels
(c) Writes articles for party magazines
(d) He is a banker

3. What does Rubashov do first when they lock him in his cell?
(a) Lights a cigarette
(b) Uses the toilet
(c) Lies down
(d) Screams at the guard

4. What does Rubashov need in order to get cigarettes?
(a) A visiting relative
(b) Prison vouchers
(c) A connection with the top prisoner
(d) Money

5. How much did Rubashov have to pay for the taxi ride he took when he left Richard?
(a) Nothing
(b) Thirty rubles
(c) Ten dollars
(d) Twenty marks

Short Answer Questions

1. What does No. 402 tell Rubashov after Rubashov reveals his name?

2. What kind of car do the officials drive who come to arrest Rubashov?

3. What does the doctor say is wrong with Rubashov’s tooth?

4. According to Rubashov, how much time has passed since he slept with a woman?

5. When No. 402 proclaims the emperor, what does Rubashov say to him?

(see the answer key)

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