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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Grammatical Fiction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Rubashov paces his cell, what does he wonder about No. 1 ?
(a) What goes on inside No. 1’s brain
(b) Whether anyone can kill No. 1
(c) What No. 1 might be doing at the moment
(d) Whether No. 1 ever really believed the party line

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

3. What does the resolution that the reader signed demand?
(a) That a new trial take place for Rubashov
(b) That Rubashov be sent to Siberia
(c) That Rubashov be exterminated
(d) That Rubashov be released

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

5. What does Gletkin fear about Ivanov and Rubashov?
(a) That they are conspiring to have Gletkin arrested
(b) The Ivanov will convince Rubashov for a public trial and Gletkin’s methods will be questioned
(c) That Ivanov will succeed and Rubashov will sign a confession
(d) That Ivanov will help Rubashov escape

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the trade delegation library shortly before the second great trial of the opposition?

2. What does Wassilij say after he hears that Rubashov’s sentence is death?

3. In the car, what does Rubashov tell the younger official the official should study?

4. As Rubashov is lying in his cell the first morning, what does he think will happen to him?

5. What does Rubashov do first when they lock him in his cell?

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