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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) Blood to build a strong future
(c) Giving mankind a new skin
(d) Collateral damage

2. What does Gletkin say is the one duty of the revolution?
(a) To kill any and all opposition
(b) To convert the world
(c) To not perish
(d) To save the masses

3. What does Rubashov do first when they lock him in his cell?
(a) Screams at the guard
(b) Uses the toilet
(c) Lights a cigarette
(d) Lies down

4. What does the officer handing out breakfast tell the warden is missing in Rubashov’s cell?
(a) A towel
(b) A chair at the desk
(c) A mop for the floor
(d) Soap at the sink

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What awakens Rubashov at seven in the morning?

2. From what does Rubashov tell Ivanov all of Ivanov’s examples are taken?

3. What does Gletkin fear about Ivanov and Rubashov?

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

5. What does Wassilij say to the reader about Rubashov declaring himself a traitor?

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