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

2. What does Rubashov realize about his position with Gletkin?
(a) Gletkin is much younger than Rubashov.
(b) Gletkin hates Rubashov.
(c) Gletkin wants to do away with the old guard.
(d) Rubashov has as much power as Gletkin.

3. What does Rubashov call the light in the room where his third hearing is held?
(a) A torture device
(b) An interrogation beam
(c) A dazzle-light
(d) An intimidation light

4. What does Hare-lip say about Rubashov?
(a) Rubashov tried to get Hare-lip to poison No. 1.
(b) Hare-lip has never seen Rubashov before this prison time.
(c) Rubashov conspired with Hare-lip’s father against No. 1.
(d) Rubashov and Hare-lip were neighbors when Hare-lip was young.

5. What is the method by which Rubashov’s accusations say he was going to end No. 1’s life?
(a) His cold lunch sandwich
(b) Switching out his medications
(c) Poison in his nightly tea
(d) Long range rifle

Short Answer Questions

1. With what was Rubashov’s suitcase filled when he met a man in southern Germany in 1933?

2. About how long does it take to travel to the prison from Rubashov’s home?

3. What does Rubashov say he meant by acting by violence?

4. What does the prosecutor tell Rubashov he does not have because of Arlova?

5. How does Rubashov become deaf?

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