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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 Wassilij say after he hears that Rubashov’s sentence is death?
(a) And, I, too, may be next.
(b) Thy will be done. Amen.
(c) So, now, they murder another innocent man.
(d) The government is killing the best of us.

2. What right does the newspaper say Rubashov waived for the trial?
(a) An advocate
(b) A jury trial
(c) A change of venue
(d) The right to remain silent

3. 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) It is possible to choose who is going to what country from appearance
(c) The diplomats wear American suits
(d) The diplomats speak French

4. What does the prosecutor tell Rubashov he does not have because of Arlova?
(a) No moral sense
(b) No regrets
(c) No understanding of what is necessary for the revolution
(d) The entire story

5. What does the reader say the cell secretary asks her?
(a) If Wassilij is a counter-revolutionary
(b) If Wassilij and Rubashov stayed friends to the end
(c) If Rubashov said anything useful to Wassilij
(d) If she has signed the petition

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did No. 406 have?

2. What do the prisoners do when prisoner 380 is taken to be killed?

3. What relative of Arlova’s was arrested over there?

4. What does the resolution that the reader signed demand?

5. Why does Rubashov think that Gletkin has nothing to erase?

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