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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the reader ask Wassilij before Wassilij signs the petition?
(a) If he is angry at Rubashov
(b) If he wants her to sign right below him
(c) If he wants her to read the petition to him
(d) If he thinks the petition can save him

2. What does the reader say the cell secretary asks her?
(a) If Wassilij is a counter-revolutionary
(b) If Rubashov said anything useful to Wassilij
(c) If Wassilij and Rubashov stayed friends to the end
(d) If she has signed the petition

3. What does the newspaper say Rubashov answers when asked if Rubashov pleads guilty?
(a) No
(b) In an intellectual sense
(c) Yes
(d) To some charges

4. From where does Rubashov’s new exercise partner come?
(a) Moscow
(b) East Germany
(c) Province D
(d) Province W

5. What does Rubashov think is the reason Gletkin reads in a monotone?
(a) Gletkin does not want Rubashov to hear what Gletkin is reading.
(b) He is trying to make the accusations difficult to understand.
(c) Gletkin learned to read late in life.
(d) He is trying to make Rubashov sleepy.

6. Why does Rubashov think that Gletkin has nothing to erase?
(a) He is too young.
(b) He has always obeyed the rules.
(c) He has no past.
(d) He comes from a different country.

7. What does Hare-lip say about Rubashov?
(a) Rubashov conspired with Hare-lip’s father against No. 1.
(b) Rubashov and Hare-lip were neighbors when Hare-lip was young.
(c) Rubashov tried to get Hare-lip to poison No. 1.
(d) Hare-lip has never seen Rubashov before this prison time.

8. What does the newspaper say is the type of evidence against Rubashov?
(a) Rubashov’s confession and documentary evidence
(b) It is not said what the evidence is
(c) Recorded conversations with terrorists
(d) Documents accumulated over a three year period

9. Why does Rubashov ask for a recess for a few minutes?
(a) He has a headache.
(b) He needs to consult his attorney.
(c) He has a toothache.
(d) He needs to consult his notes.

10. Why does Rubashov make the speech he makes?
(a) He wants to preserve the republic.
(b) He realizes it is too late for anything else.
(c) He has been guaranteed life in prison.
(d) He realizes he no longer cares.

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

12. What does Wassilij say one must do without if one sides with decency?
(a) Government
(b) Emotion
(c) Religion
(d) Cleverness

13. What does the prosecutor ask Rubashov about counter-revolutionary movements?
(a) If Rubashov can recite a list of counter-revolutionary actions
(b) If Rubashov acted as an agent of counter-revolution
(c) If Rubashov wants to denounce the counter-revolution movements
(d) If Rubashov has named any other conspirators

14. What does Rubashov’s new exercise partner call himself?
(a) A stubborn farmer
(b) A counter-revolutionary
(c) A reactionary
(d) A desert dweller

15. What does Rubashov say he will explain to the judges?
(a) What led him to capitulate to the investigating magistrate
(b) Why the revolution has failed
(c) Why No. 1 is not fit to rule the country
(d) What types of counter-revolutionary movements he led

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is reading the newspaper to Wassilij?

2. On what does Rubashov say Ivanov’s loyalty to No. 1 is based?

3. What does the logic of history say must happen in a regime?

4. What does Hare-lip say Rubashov called Hare-lip’s father the last time they saw each other?

5. What is the one charge against Rubashov which is dropped?

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