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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 Richard think people need to be told?
(a) The Party is strong and growing.
(b) The Party’s will determination is unbeatable.
(c) Richard does not have an opinion on what to tell the people
(d) The people need to be told the truth.

2. What does Rubashov need in order to get cigarettes?
(a) A connection with the top prisoner
(b) A visiting relative
(c) Money
(d) Prison vouchers

3. What right does the newspaper say Rubashov waived for the trial?
(a) A jury trial
(b) The right to remain silent
(c) A change of venue
(d) An advocate

4. What does Wallilij do occasionally as he listens to the newspaper account?
(a) Paces the floor
(b) Mumbles
(c) Tells her to stop for a moment
(d) Shouts a curse

5. To what new job is Arlova appointed?
(a) To monitor the talk in the canteen
(b) To write a new biography of No. 1
(c) To be a librarian and monitor the political correctness of books
(d) To be the secretary for Rubashov’s superior

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn’t Wassiij hear the prosecutor’s speech as it is read?

2. What does Ivanov say Rubashov will do when Gletkin asks Ivanov in the canteen?

3. What does Ivanov say is incompatible with social progress?

4. What profession did No. 406 have?

5. What did Rubashov mean to study when he was a boy?

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