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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) Tap on the door the code for rest in peace, over and over
(b) Stand at the spy hole and drum
(c) Yell anti-government slogans
(d) Sing a hymn

2. What does Ivanov say Rubashov will do when Gletkin asks Ivanov in the canteen?
(a) Rubashov will stand firm in his convictions
(b) Ivanov tells Gletkin he does not know what Rubashov will do
(c) Rubashov will denounce No. 1
(d) Rubashov will capitulate to Ivanov’s request

3. What does Rubashov want to ask the warden for when they arrive at his cell?
(a) Some coffee
(b) Paper to write a letter
(c) An extra blanket
(d) Wool socks

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

5. What happens to Rubashov over the next several days following his first interview with Gletkin?
(a) He is taken in for cross-examination with little sleep
(b) He is taken to court for his trial
(c) He is left alone
(d) He is moved to a different part of the prison

Short Answer Questions

1. What color of scarf is the reader wearing?

2. What profession did No. 406 have?

3. What happened to Hare-lip’s father?

4. What right does the newspaper say Rubashov waived for the trial?

5. What does Rubashov say the present day theorists’ job in government is?

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