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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ivanov believes that he is what kind of person? What kind of person does Ivanov believe Gletkin to be?
(a) Ivanov is a cynic and Ivanov is a moralist.
(b) Gletkin is a cynic and Ivanov is a moralist
(c) Ivanov is a "by the books" and Gletkin is spontaneous.
(d) Gletkin is a stoic and Ivanov is soft

2. What does Gletkin say was the purpose of Rubashov’s confession two years previously?
(a) To play one side against another
(b) To keep on working
(c) To save his neck
(d) To stay in the Party

3. In the car, what does Rubashov tell the younger official the official should study?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
(b) The Party's history
(c) How to get people on your side
(d) World events

4. What does Rubashov want to ask the warden for when they arrive at his cell?
(a) Wool socks
(b) Paper to write a letter
(c) An extra blanket
(d) Some coffee

5. How does Rubashov become deaf?
(a) He is hit behind the ear with a pistol.
(b) He had scarlet fever when he was a boy.
(c) He ran artillery in the army.
(d) He was born deaf in one ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does No. 402 call No. 406?

2. What does Rubashov think the barber looks like?

3. With what does the younger official bang on Rubashov’s door?

4. What happened to Arlova?

5. What does Ivanov call Rubashov’s accuser?

(see the answer key)

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