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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ginzburg try to clean up herself?
(a) Her mother is allowed to visit.
(b) Her defense lawyer is going to talk to her.
(c) Her trial will be soon.
(d) Her husband is allowed to visit.

2. What has happened to the entire government of Tartary?
(a) The have been imprisoned.
(b) The Tartary government meetings have been suspended.
(c) They have resigned their positions en-masse.
(d) The Tartary government has been accused of collusion with terrorists.

3. What do Ginzburg, Rimma, Ira and Julia discover?
(a) They are all unwilling to compromise their beliefs.
(b) They are the only women transferred to Moscow.
(c) They are bonding over the stress of prison.
(d) They have one thing in common that may have led to their arrests.

4. Why is Ginzburg sent home?
(a) The charges were held in abeyance.
(b) The charges against her were dropped.
(c) To await her sentence.
(d) To settle her personal affairs.

5. Who agonizes over the hearing on Ginzburg?
(a) One of her former students whoi s the head of the committee.
(b) Ginzburg's third cousin who must pronounce the judgement.
(c) Ginzburg's favorite mentor.
(d) Her friends who are caught in their own false accusations.

6. What does Ginzburg consider as she is traveling back to Moscow?
(a) Writing a condemnation of Trotsky.
(b) Forming a group to assassinate Stalin.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Denouncing her best friend.

7. What news does Ginzburg get one day in a singing message?
(a) Her son is dead.
(b) Her mother has been arrested.
(c) Her husband has been arrested.
(d) Her mother is dead.

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

9. Where is Ginzburg put after her initial interrogations?
(a) In a bleak prison with stone walls.
(b) In a dormitory with other political offenders.
(c) In a courtyard with tents for shelter.
(d) In a cellar.

10. What does Ginzburg observe when she arrives in Moscow?
(a) Her son is here.
(b) The purges have been massive.
(c) Her husband is here.
(d) Only the intelligentsia have been targeted.

11. What does Vevers use frequently?
(a) LSD.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Alcohol.

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

13. How long does the second round of interrogations last?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Three hours.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 5 days.

14. Why is Elvov apologizing to Ginzburg?
(a) He is unable to help her identify two anonymous Stalin spies.
(b) He misunderstood one of her articles and cut it from the series.
(c) He is inaccurate in a quote from her.
(d) Her association with him may be costly to her.

15. What does Lydia pray concerning Ginzburg?
(a) Ginzburg will agree to the interrogators' wishes.
(b) Ginzburg will be true to her beliefs.
(c) Ginzburg will be vindicated.
(d) Ginzburg not commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the so-called method when Ginzburg is harshly interrogated by uninterrupted interrogation with different interrogators?

2. What is returned to Ginzburg?

3. How long does Ginzburg's trial last?

4. How long after her hearing is Ginzburg arrested?

5. Why does a Chinese prisoner laugh one day during head count?

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