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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 kind of car do the officials drive who come to arrest Rubashov?
(a) A new German Audit
(b) An old Russian Moskvitch
(c) A modern American car
(d) A French Peugeot

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

3. To what round is Rubashov attached for daily exercise?
(a) Fourth round
(b) Third round
(c) First round
(d) Second round

4. What does Wassilij say one must do without if one sides with decency?
(a) Cleverness
(b) Government
(c) Emotion
(d) Religion

5. Why doesn’t Wassiij hear the prosecutor’s speech as it is read?
(a) He is daydreaming.
(b) He has fallen asleep.
(c) He has put a pillow over his head.
(d) He has left the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prosecutor ask Rubashov about counter-revolutionary movements?

2. What does Wassilij say after he hears that Rubashov’s sentence is death?

3. What does Gletkin say about Arlova?

4. What is the last thing prisoner 380 yelled as he is pulled down the corridor?

5. To whom is Richard’s sister-in-law married?

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