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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rubashov realize he missed right after breakfast?
(a) The usual phrase from cell 406
(b) Talking to Ivanov
(c) The bugle calling wake-up
(d) Having a second cup of coffee

2. Who is reading the newspaper to Wassilij?
(a) His sister
(b) His neighbor
(c) His wife
(d) His daughter

3. What does Rubashov know would stop the hearings?
(a) To begin accusations against Gletkin
(b) To sleep through the hearings
(c) To kill himself
(d) To agree to everything or to deny everything

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

5. What does Rubashov do with his confession before supper?
(a) He tears it up
(b) He flushes it down the john
(c) He reads it again and makes two corrections
(d) He hands it to a guard

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rubashov think that Gletkin has nothing to erase?

2. What does Rubashov call the light in the room where his third hearing is held?

3. What temptation does Rubashov say he has overcome?

4. Who is in the room to which Rubashov is taken for his third hearing?

5. What does Rubashov think is the real reason he is innocent of all charges?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rubashov realize about his relationship with Gletkin? Why does he think this?

2. For what reason does Rubashov think the regime is attempting to get rid of the old guard?

3. How does Rubashov respond to Hare-lip’s accusations?

4. What does Rubashov ask for when he is taken before Gletkin for Rubashov’s third hearing? What is Gletkin’s response?

5. 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?

6. What is Rubashov’s response about Arlova when the prosecutor asks about her? What does the prosecutor say to Rubashov about Arlova?

7. What does Rubashov feel about the grammatical fiction and the USSR right before he is taken to be killed?

8. How does Wassilij’s daughter read the paper to him?

9. What does Rubashov say some of his ideas could cause?

10. What does Wassilij’s daughter have to say about Rubashov’s trial and what is his response?

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