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

2. What worries Wassilij about contradicting the reader?
(a) She might turn him in for it.
(b) She might quit reading the paper to him.
(c) She might think badly of him.
(d) She may not speak with him again.

3. What does Rubashov say every government measure represents?
(a) Power above the masses
(b) A well thought out proposition
(c) Applied philosophy
(d) A necessary evil

4. What does No. 1 believe justifies his harsh methods?
(a) Justification is not necessary.
(b) He is the absolute authority on everything.
(c) The past justifies the future.
(d) The ends justify the means.

5. What temptation does Rubashov say he has overcome?
(a) To challenge his accusers
(b) To tear down the party
(c) To ask for mercy
(d) To renounce his confessions

Short Answer Questions

1. What color of scarf is the reader wearing?

2. What was Richard’s trade?

3. What does Rubashov say is history’s mortar?

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

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

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