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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 9, Salvation from Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the prisoners told to do before being transferred?
(a) To wash and pair off.
(b) To submit to a lice examination.
(c) To write and let their families know they are being transferred.
(d) To leave all their possessions behind in their cells.

3. Why does a Chinese prisoner laugh one day during head count?
(a) The warden trips over a threshold.
(b) One prisoner is missing a leg and says he should only count as 1/2 a person.
(c) One warden continually miscounts the prisoners.
(d) One warden has trouble counting past twenty.

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

5. Why are Ginzburg and the others put in punishment cells?
(a) They sing while working.
(b) They gripe about the cold.
(c) They are not cutting enough trees.
(d) They talk too much among themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vevers use frequently?

2. Where is Ginzburg put after her initial interrogations?

3. Why is Elvov apologizing to Ginzburg?

4. What is the maximum penalty for the crimes with which Ginzburg is charged?

5. Where is Ginzburg sent at the opening of Chapter 19?

(see the answer key)

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