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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rubashov meet with Little Loewy?
(a) In Germany
(b) In Russia
(c) In a Belgian port
(d) On the Rhine River

2. Between what does Rubashov’s condition alternate during the hearing?
(a) Peace and agitation
(b) Apathy and an unnatural wakefulness
(c) Anger and apathy
(d) Indifference and rage

3. What does the reader do as she reads the newspaper to Wassilij?
(a) She coughs.
(b) She follows the lines with a finger.
(c) She drinks a glass of milk.
(d) She bends over closely as she has no glasses.

4. What does Rubashov say he will explain to the judges?
(a) What types of counter-revolutionary movements he led
(b) Why the revolution has failed
(c) What led him to capitulate to the investigating magistrate
(d) Why No. 1 is not fit to rule the country

5. As Rubashov is lying in his cell the first morning, what does he think will happen to him?
(a) He will be released.
(b) He will be sent to Siberia.
(c) He will be in prison for several years.
(d) He will be shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Rubashov say he and the other leaders of the revolution replaced vision?

2. What does Rubashov say becomes real in death?

3. Why does Wassilij think one must be cunning in life?

4. What does Gletkin say is the reason Gletkin did not give in to torture?

5. What does the doctor say is wrong with Rubashov’s tooth?

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