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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 Bill, a man Little Loewy and Rubashov meet, do for a living?
(a) He is a banker
(b) He is a dockworker
(c) Writes articles for party magazines
(d) Writes novels

2. What does Ivanov say Rubashov will do when Gletkin asks Ivanov in the canteen?
(a) Rubashov will stand firm in his convictions
(b) Rubashov will capitulate to Ivanov’s request
(c) Rubashov will denounce No. 1
(d) Ivanov tells Gletkin he does not know what Rubashov will do

3. What does Richard say about the material the Party sent him to distribute?
(a) It was full of nonsense.
(b) It had just the right tone.
(c) It was written for the lowest of peasants.
(d) It was written very well.

4. With whom was Richard’s wife having an affair?
(a) The cinema operator
(b) Richard’s brother
(c) No one
(d) A Party chairman

5. 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 shut down
(c) The library is burned
(d) There is no library in the trade building

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rubashov call the light in the room where his third hearing is held?

2. Why does Wassilij not protest the removal of Rubashov’s picture off the wall?

3. What did Wassilij hide in his mattress?

4. Why does Rubashov feel sorry for Prisoner 402?

5. With what does Rubashov say he and the other leaders of the revolution replaced vision?

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