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

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

3. What does Avodotya Aksyonova advise Ginzburg?
(a) To ask her husband to denounce her.
(b) To go far away.
(c) To humble herself.
(d) To ask her friends to give her their endorsements.

4. What is significant about the date February 15, 1937?
(a) It is the day Ginzburg was imprisoned.
(b) It is Ginzburg's last day to teach.
(c) It is Ginzburg's wedding anniversary day.
(d) It is Ginzburg's birthday.

5. What happens after a period of regular interrogations?
(a) Ginzburg is shown her son being interrogated.
(b) The interrogations stop.
(c) Ginzburg is physically abused.
(d) Ginzburg is made to stay awake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ultimate outcome of the party meeting?

2. What does Yaroslavsky do concening Ginzburg?

3. Why is Elvov apologizing to Ginzburg?

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

5. Who is Captain Vevers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Ginzburg is given a summation of her indictments?

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

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

4. Who are some of Ginzburg's cellmates at Krasin Street Prison?

5. Who are Ginzburg's new cell mates?

6. What is mentioned about the Red Tatary and why does Ginzburg threaten one prisoner in French?

7. Describe the interrogation of Ginzburg by Livanov.

8. When is Ginzburg arrested and where does she tell goodbye?

9. How is Ginzburg's situation changed on Red Army Day?

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

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