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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 No. 402 call No. 406?
(a) Dumb as rocks
(b) Rip Van Wrinkle
(c) Something Man
(d) Julius Caesar

2. What picture hangs over Rubashov’s bed at home?
(a) A picture of the Red army taking over the tsar’s palace
(b) A picture of his family
(c) A picture of a vacation spot in France
(d) A picture of No. 1

3. What does Ivanov call all the deaths that have occurred since the revolution?
(a) Giving mankind a new skin
(b) Blood to build a strong future
(c) Deaths to fertilize the possibilities
(d) Collateral damage

4. What does Rubashov think is the real reason he is innocent of all charges?
(a) He would never over-throw a government he helped put in place
(b) His entire life has been dedicated to the party
(c) Gletkin is not even smart enough to understand Rubashov’s thinking process
(d) He is too old to care about another revolution

5. How does the reader heat water for tea?
(a) In a pot hanging in the fireplace
(b) On a Primus stove
(c) On the electric stove
(d) On a hotplate

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ivanov arrested?

2. As Rubashov paces his cell, what does he wonder about No. 1 ?

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

4. What does Gletkin say was the purpose of Rubashov’s confession two years previously?

5. What color blouses did Arlova always wear?

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