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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Grammatical Fiction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rubashov meet with Little Loewy?
(a) On the Rhine River
(b) In Germany
(c) In a Belgian port
(d) In Russia

2. How many minutes were the prisoners not in isolation allowed to walk outside?
(a) Thirty minutes
(b) Twenty minutes
(c) An hour
(d) Fifteen minutes

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

4. Why does Wassilij not protest the removal of Rubashov’s picture off the wall?
(a) He is too sad to look at the picture
(b) He is angry at Rubash.
(c) He is too old to go to prison.
(d) He does not care one way or the other.

5. What does the newspaper say is the type of evidence against Rubashov?
(a) Documents accumulated over a three year period
(b) Rubashov’s confession and documentary evidence
(c) Recorded conversations with terrorists
(d) It is not said what the evidence is

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is wrong with Ivanov’s bad leg?

3. What does Rubashov decide about Ivanov’s assertion that Ivanov wants to help Rubashov?

4. Why does Rubashov make the speech he makes?

5. From what does Rubashov tell Ivanov all of Ivanov’s examples are taken?

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