Questions and Answers: Part 1—The First Hearing—Chapters 8-9

Darkness at Noon | Questions and Answers: Part 1—The First Hearing—Chapters 8-9

Study Questions
1. What does Rubashov imagine the officer thinks of him?

2. How is the prisoners’ quadratic alphabet organized?

3. Why does Rubashov tell No. 402 when he last slept with a woman?

4. Where does Rubashov meet Richard?

5. Why does the cab driver decide to give Rubashov a free ride?

Answers
1. Rubashov imagines the officer thinks he is an arrogant, self-righteous intellectual who deserves to be executed.

2. The quadratic alphabet is organized as a square of letters containing...

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