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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 25, Introduction to Butyrki | Part I, Chapter 26, The Whole of the Comintern.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Captain Vevers?
(a) The man who forces the interrogator to be humane when questioning Ginzburg.
(b) The man who interrogates Ginzburg.
(c) The man who tries to be kind to Ginzburg in prison.
(d) The head of the secret police in Moscow.

2. How old is Elvov when he visits Ginzburg?
(a) 39.
(b) 33.
(c) 52.
(d) 24.

3. How does Ginzburg describe Stalin?
(a) Virile.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Ugly and repulsive.
(d) Insane.

4. How old is the youngest woman in the cell with Ginzburg?
(a) 13.
(b) 26.
(c) 23.
(d) 16.

5. What is the ultimate outcome of the party meeting?
(a) Ginzburg's status is lowered at the University.
(b) Ginzburg must submit a vociferously-worded condemnation of Trotsky.
(c) Ginzbug is reprimanded, but it is later canceled.
(d) Ginzburg is told she can give no more public lectures for two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lydia tell Ginzburg that God does?

2. What happens after a period of regular interrogations?

3. For how long does this form of interrogation last?

4. How does Pitkovskaya commit suicide?

5. Why is Ginzburg's watch inaccurate?

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