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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 Rubashov think Gletkin represents?
(a) The brutal embodiment of state.
(b) The actual counter-revolution
(c) The harmful effect of promoting peasants
(d) The state’s desire to control all people

2. What book does Ivanov say should never have been written?
(a) War and Peace
(b) Crime and Punishment
(c) Anna Karenina
(d) The Gulag Archipelago

3. With what does Rubashov say wrong ideas must be punished?
(a) Isolation and torture
(b) Death
(c) Prison terms
(d) Re-education

4. What does Wassilij say to the reader about Rubashov declaring himself a traitor?
(a) He is not a traitor
(b) He will rot in hell
(c) He was probably tortured
(d) She does not understand about any of it

5. Why does Rubashov think that Gletkin has nothing to erase?
(a) He comes from a different country.
(b) He is too young.
(c) He has always obeyed the rules.
(d) He has no past.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Richard’s wife?

3. In the car, what does Rubashov tell the younger official the official should study?

4. What does Rubashov think about the Party’s results after he runs out of cigarettes?

5. What does Rubashov think is the reason Gletkin reads in a monotone?

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