View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rubashov say is history’s mortar?
(a) War, deception and power
(b) Lies, soap, and religion
(c) Belief, blood and bravery
(d) Blood, mud, and lies

3. What does Rubashov think the main idea about No. 1 is, that must be in a confession?
(a) That No. 1 is infallible
(b) That No. 1 is a dictator
(c) That the power does rest with No. 1
(d) That No. 1 holds the death as well as the life of every person in the republic

4. How does the reader heat water for tea?
(a) On the electric stove
(b) On a Primus stove
(c) On a hotplate
(d) In a pot hanging in the fireplace

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Richard’s sister-in-law married?

2. What does Hare-lip say is the what Rubashov says is the way No. 1 will no longer be in power?

3. What kind of stories did the prisoner in cell 402 often tell?

4. Why does Wassilij turn his head away from the reader?

5. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 361 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample