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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 do the prisoners do when prisoner 380 is taken to be killed?
(a) Stand at the spy hole and drum
(b) Tap on the door the code for rest in peace, over and over
(c) Yell anti-government slogans
(d) Sing a hymn

2. What is an execution called in prison?
(a) Prejudiced termination
(b) Hangman’s Bluff
(c) Physical liquidation
(d) Target practice

3. What kind of trick does Secretary Paul do?
(a) Moving his hat with his ears
(b) Spinning coins over his knuckles
(c) Telling a person’s weight by looking at them
(d) Pulling carrots out of hats

4. What does the newspaper say is the type of evidence against Rubashov?
(a) Rubashov’s confession and documentary evidence
(b) Documents accumulated over a three year period
(c) Recorded conversations with terrorists
(d) It is not said what the evidence is

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov need in order to get cigarettes?

2. How does the reader heat water for tea?

3. How many paces is Rubashov’s cell?

4. What does Rubashov do with his confession before supper?

5. What does Rubashov consider the new generation of Communists to be?

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