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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ginzburg told about her husband?
(a) He has also been arrested.
(b) He has hired a good lawyer.
(c) He has disowned her.
(d) He is divorcing her.

3. What has Ginzburg heard is an indication she is about to be shot?
(a) The nicer the prison the more likely one is to die soon.
(b) She is given all her possesions back.
(c) She is made to sign papers that she is not allowed to read.
(d) She is put into a single cell with a real bed.

4. Who is Milda?
(a) A young, German opera singer.
(b) One of the female guards.
(c) An elderly Latvian woman.
(d) A prisoner who is in there because the family she worked for were arrested.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginzburg defend herself?

2. What happens after a period of regular interrogations?

3. To what does Ginzburg attribute her not signing anything that was false?

4. What does Ginzburg want to prove?

5. What might happen if Ginzburg makes any stops along the way to present herself for the arrest warrant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does one prisoner do and others follow that breaks up the horror of their situation momentarily?

2. Who is Garey Sagidullin and what does Ginzburg learn from him?

3. Where is Ginzburg being transferred and what is significant about the watch returned to her?

4. What does Ira ask Tsarevsky to do as she and others are being transferred and what does his willingness to do so portend?

5. What does a friendly soldier tell Ginzburg on her way back to Butyrki after her trial?

6. Why does Ginzburg think things have been straightened out and what happens to throw her back into the midst of the purge?

7. Describe the interrogation of Ginzburg by Livanov.

8. What is the "Conveyor Belt" interrogation method and how is it used on Ginzburg?

9. Who summons Ginzburg after Elvov's arrest; what do they want with her, and how does she respond?

10. Who is Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg and why is she awakened early in the morning on December 1, 1934?

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