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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 9, Expelled from the Party | Part I, Chapter 10, That Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ginzburg call her mother-in-law?
(a) Mrs. Aksyonnova.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Avdo.
(d) Mother.

2. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?
(a) Honest but flawed.
(b) Self-serving.
(c) Corrupt and hypocritical.
(d) They are conducted by incompetent judges.

3. How does Stalin label sections of the book that Elvov writes?
(a) Minimalism.
(b) Trotsykyist.
(c) Full of errors.
(d) Very accurate.

4. To what series of books has Elvov contributed an article?
(a) A series on the famous writers of Russia.
(b) A series on the fall of Czar Nicholas II.
(c) A series on the history of the Communist Party.
(d) A series on the famous painters of Russia.

5. What does Avodotya Aksyonova advise Ginzburg?
(a) To ask her friends to give her their endorsements.
(b) To humble herself.
(c) To go far away.
(d) To ask her husband to denounce her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ginzburg want to prove?

2. Why does Pitkovskaya condemn her husband?

3. Why is Ginsburg sad on September 1, 1935?

4. Why is Ginzburg summoned to a Party meeting?

5. Who agonizes over the hearing on Ginzburg?

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