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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does 406 say is the reason he is in prison?
(a) He stole some food
(b) He was put on the wrong train
(c) He tried to start a counterrevolution
(d) He was sleeping in the basement of a known criminal

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

3. What is the name of Richard’s wife?
(a) Bonnie
(b) Kathryn
(c) Genevieve
(d) Anny

4. With what does the younger official bang on Rubashov’s door?
(a) The butt of a pistol
(b) His hand
(c) A piece of wood
(d) A railroad spike

5. What relative of Arlova’s was arrested over there?
(a) Her brother
(b) Her father
(c) Her mother
(d) Her sister

6. What is the quadratic alphabet?
(a) It is the number of paces .in a cell times three divided by one half.
(b) It is a square which is filled in with letters for communicating.
(c) It is related to the way the sun hits a sundial.
(d) There is no such thing.

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

8. What does Rubashov ask No. 1 for while Rubashov is still on crutches?
(a) To be able to return to his home in Petersburg
(b) Access to better doctors
(c) The fate of Richard
(d) For a new mission overseas

9. What does No. 402 call No. 406?
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Something Man
(c) Dumb as rocks
(d) Rip Van Wrinkle

10. According to Rubashov, how much time has passed since he slept with a woman?
(a) A month
(b) Two weeks
(c) One year
(d) Three weeks

11. As Rubashov is lying in his cell the first morning, what does he think will happen to him?
(a) He will be released.
(b) He will be in prison for several years.
(c) He will be shot.
(d) He will be sent to Siberia.

12. What happened to Arlova?
(a) She was executed.
(b) She married an Englishman and moved.
(c) She died after a long illness.
(d) She killed herself.

13. When No. 402 proclaims the emperor, what does Rubashov say to him?
(a) The emperor is dead.
(b) I agree.
(c) Don’t say that so loud.
(d) Amen.

14. What happens in the trade delegation library shortly before the second great trial of the opposition?
(a) Most of the written material is taken and replaced
(b) The library is shut down
(c) The library is burned
(d) There is no library in the trade building

15. What makes Rubashov think the games are played too well in the Trade delegation?
(a) It is possible to choose who is going to what country from appearance
(b) The diplomats wear American suits
(c) The diplomats speak French
(d) It is almost impossible to separate appearance from reality

Short Answer Questions

1. What principle does Ivanov says governs political ethics?

2. What does Ivanov call all the deaths that have occurred since the revolution?

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

4. With whom was Richard’s wife having an affair?

5. What does Gletkin fear about Ivanov and Rubashov?

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