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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 call the light in the room where his third hearing is held?
(a) A dazzle-light
(b) An interrogation beam
(c) An intimidation light
(d) A torture device

2. What does Ivanov say would have made Raskolnikov innocent of a crime?
(a) If he had killed the old woman for the party
(b) If it had been done in a different country
(c) If he had not killed a second person
(d) If the old woman had fought against Raskolnikov

3. What awakens Rubashov at seven in the morning?
(a) A bugle call
(b) A guard banging on his door
(c) The sunlight through the window
(d) A person in the next cell screaming

4. What is the method by which Rubashov’s accusations say he was going to end No. 1’s life?
(a) Long range rifle
(b) Poison in his nightly tea
(c) Switching out his medications
(d) His cold lunch sandwich

5. What happened to Hare-lip’s father?
(a) He died of old age.
(b) He died of a long, extended illness.
(c) He moved to Belgium.
(d) He was executed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many minutes were the prisoners not in isolation allowed to walk outside?

2. What does Rubashov think Gletkin represents?

3. What does the prosecutor ask Rubashov about counter-revolutionary movements?

4. What picture hangs over Rubashov’s bed at home?

5. Who is Rubashov paired with in exercise the morning after Bogrov’s execution?

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