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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rubashov think Gletkin represents?
(a) The actual counter-revolution
(b) The state’s desire to control all people
(c) The brutal embodiment of state.
(d) The harmful effect of promoting peasants

2. What does Ivanov call Rubashov’s accuser?
(a) X
(b) The man
(c) C
(d) Someone

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

4. To what new job is Arlova appointed?
(a) To be a librarian and monitor the political correctness of books
(b) To write a new biography of No. 1
(c) To monitor the talk in the canteen
(d) To be the secretary for Rubashov’s superior

5. What does Gletkin say is the reason Gletkin did not give in to torture?
(a) He fainted.
(b) He believes in Communism too strongly.
(c) He has a rare disease in which his nerves do not feel pain.
(d) He did give into torture.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what round is Rubashov attached for daily exercise?

2. What did Rubashov mean to study when he was a boy?

3. What does Rubashov say is the reason he is lost?

4. What book does Ivanov say should never have been written?

5. What does the barber put under Rubashov’s collar?

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