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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 the reader ask Wassilij before Wassilij signs the petition?
(a) If he is angry at Rubashov
(b) If he wants her to sign right below him
(c) If he thinks the petition can save him
(d) If he wants her to read the petition to him

2. What does Rubashov say has always been his motives for anything?
(a) He had no known motives.
(b) He lived according to his convictions and conscience.
(c) He knew they had made a mistake.
(d) He knew the world looked at Russia with disdain.

3. About how long does it take to travel to the prison from Rubashov’s home?
(a) One hour
(b) Two days
(c) Thirty minutes
(d) One day

4. What happens in the trade delegation library shortly before the second great trial of the opposition?
(a) Most of the written material is taken and replaced
(b) The library is burned
(c) There is no library in the trade building
(d) The library is shut down

5. What does Gletkin say was the purpose of Rubashov’s confession two years previously?
(a) To stay in the Party
(b) To keep on working
(c) To save his neck
(d) To play one side against another

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard think people need to be told?

2. What does Wassilij ask the reader about the petition she has?

3. What does Rubashov think the best of them do when condemned to die?

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

5. What awakens Rubashov at seven in the morning?

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