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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 47, A Bathhouse! Just an Ordinary Bathhouse! | Part I, Chapter 48, The Ruins of Sclusselburg.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ginzburg say is at the base of the walls in her cell?
(a) Mold.
(b) Mementos of previous prisoners.
(c) Names and dates sculpted on the stone.
(d) Blood stains.

2. How does Ginzburg defend herself?
(a) By saying no one in her area has denounced Elvov either.
(b) By saying she was in the hospital and has a note to prove it.
(c) By saying that her lecture was not about Trotsky.
(d) By saying that Stalin's deputy of foreign affairs gave her the book.

3. Why is Ginsburg sad on September 1, 1935?
(a) It is the anniversary of when her young daughter had died.
(b) She is no longer allowed to teach and it's the first day of school.
(c) It is the anniversary of when she first started teaching.
(d) It is the anniversary of when her young son had died.

4. How is Vevers described?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Kind.
(c) Cold and calculating.
(d) Warm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the second round of interrogations last?

2. What does Natasha reveal about the Gestapo?

3. Who does Ginzburg believe are dying off or being killed?

4. Why does Ginzburg consider herself lucky as far as her sentence?

5. What does Sagidullin think is the reason for the current purge?

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