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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 21, Orphans Twice Over | Part I, Chapter 22, Tukhachevsky and Others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Zinaida Abramova?
(a) A person placed in the prison as a spy.
(b) An old friend of Ginzburg's.
(c) The wife of the prime minister of Tartary.
(d) A torturer.

2. Who is Comrade Beylin?
(a) The head of the local GPU.
(b) Stalin's son-in-law and head of the Foreign Propaganda office.
(c) A doctor who gives Ginzburg a slip saying she was ill.
(d) The new Chariman of the Bureau of Party Political Control.

3. In what year does Professor Elvov visit Ginzburg?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1929.

4. How does Pitkovskaya commit suicide?
(a) She drinks acid.
(b) She sets herself on fire.
(c) She shoots herself.
(d) She hangs herself.

5. For how long does this form of interrogation last?
(a) 7 days.
(b) A few hours.
(c) Several weeks.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?

2. What is Ginzburg told in the meeting?

3. How does Ginzburg describe Stalin?

4. Why is Nina in prison?

5. What does Ginzburg notice is lacking where she is now?

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