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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 know would stop the hearings?
(a) To begin accusations against Gletkin
(b) To agree to everything or to deny everything
(c) To kill himself
(d) To sleep through the hearings

2. Between what does Rubashov’s condition alternate during the hearing?
(a) Indifference and rage
(b) Apathy and an unnatural wakefulness
(c) Peace and agitation
(d) Anger and apathy

3. What sticks out of the wall above Wassilij’s head?
(a) A water pipe
(b) A rusty nail
(c) A flue
(d) A large hook

4. What does Wassilij ask the reader about the petition she has?
(a) If she plans to sign it
(b) If the civil war veterans are required to sign it
(c) If she brought it there for him to sign
(d) If the boy she plans to marry has signed it

5. What does 402 tell Rubashov is happening the night the prison feels different?
(a) The prison guards are being changed
(b) Political differences are being settled
(c) He does not know what is happening
(d) Sympathizers are going to break into the prison

Short Answer Questions

1. How many minutes were the prisoners not in isolation allowed to walk outside?

2. Why does Rubashov make the speech he makes?

3. What does Little Loewy smoke?

4. What does Gletkin say will happen in the future when the regime survives?

5. What does Ivanov say has driven many to martyrdom?

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