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Yevgenia Ginzburg

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Yevgenia Ginzburg
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1)

What does Lydia tell Ginzburg that God does? (from Part I, Chapter 21, Orphans Twice Over | Part I, Chapter 22, Tukhachevsky and Others)

Punishes wicked doers.
Triumphs in the end.
Exacts vengeance.
Watches over fatherless children.
2)

What does Vasily Petukhov notice when he sees Ginzburg? (from Part II, Chapter 9, Salvation from Heaven)

She is able to read and write fluently.
She resembles her son.
She should already have been realeased.
She never cries out when he beats her.
3)

What does Ginzburg observe when she arrives in Moscow? (from Part I, Chapter 25, Introduction to Butyrki | Part I, Chapter 26, The Whole of the Comintern)

The purges have been massive.
Only the intelligentsia have been targeted.
Her husband is here.
Her son is here.
4)

What is the maximum penalty for the crimes with which Ginzburg is charged? (from Part I, Chapter 23, To Moscow | Part I, Chapter 24, Transfer)

20 years.
Life imprisonment.
10 to 30 years.
Death.
5)

What happens when the Chinese prisoner laughs? (from Part I, Chapter 27, Butyrki Nights | Part I, Chapter 28, In Accordance with the Law of December 1st)

She is whipped.
She is shot.
The entire cell block erupts in laughter.
She is put in solitary confinement.
6)

What does Ginzburg say is at the base of the walls in her cell? (from Part I, Chapter 33, Five Steps by Three | Part I, Chapter 34, Major Weinstock's Twenty-Two Commandments)

Blood stains.
Mold.
Names and dates sculpted on the stone.
Mementos of previous prisoners.
7)

Who is Vasily Petukhov? (from Part II, Chapter 9, Salvation from Heaven)

A lawyer from Moscow.
A guard who often whips prisoners.
The new prison camp director.
A doctor from Leningrad.
8)

What can Ginzburg not believe in reflecting upon what has happened to herself and others? (from Part II, Epilogue)

She survived the horrors.
More people didn't die in the terrible conditions.
It really could happen.
She meets so many people who went through the same things she did.
9)

For how long is Ginzburg at Yaroslavl? (from Part I, Chapter 31, The Pugachev Tower | Part I, Chapter 32, The Stolypin Coach)

About a year.
Her entire prison sentence.
Just a couple months.
A little over two years.
10)

What do Ginzburg, Rimma, Ira and Julia discover? (from Part I, Chapter 25, Introduction to Butyrki | Part I, Chapter 26, The Whole of the Comintern)

They are all unwilling to compromise their beliefs.
They are bonding over the stress of prison.
They are the only women transferred to Moscow.
They have one thing in common that may have led to their arrests.
11)

What do Ginzburg and Julia see in the courtyard where they are walking? (from Part I, Chapter 45, The End of the Monstrous Dwarf | Part I, Chapter 46, Great Expectations)

A cat.
A snake.
A turtle.
A flower.
12)

What happens that brightens the prisoners' lives? (from Part I, Chapter 35, Bright Nights and Dark Days | Part I, Chapter 36, Captain Glan's Dog)

The library is reopened.
They are allowed weekly visitors.
They are allowed monthly visitors.
They receive reductions in their sentences for good behavior.
13)

Who is Milda? (from Part I, Chapter 27, Butyrki Nights | Part I, Chapter 28, In Accordance with the Law of December 1st)

One of the female guards.
An elderly Latvian woman.
A young, German opera singer.
A prisoner who is in there because the family she worked for were arrested.
14)

How does Ginzburg characterize the last group of women brought on board the ship? (from Part II, Chapter 3, The Transit Camp | Part II, Chapter 4, The S.S. Dzhurma)

As true criminals.
As those suffering for their religious beliefs.
As hardened labor camp refugees.
As innocent peasants.
15)

What does Lydia pray concerning Ginzburg? (from Part I, Chapter 23, To Moscow | Part I, Chapter 24, Transfer)

Ginzburg will be true to her beliefs.
Ginzburg will be vindicated.
Ginzburg will agree to the interrogators' wishes.
Ginzburg not commit suicide.
16)

Who is Pickwick? (from Part I, Chapter 43, Punishment Cell for the Second Time | Part I, Chapter 44, Memories of Giorano Bruno)

The doctor who treats Julia and Ginzburg.
A kind, elderly guard.
The new prison Governor.
A new prisoner.
17)

Why does Ginzburg hide the fact that she is ill? (from Part II, Chapter 3, The Transit Camp | Part II, Chapter 4, The S.S. Dzhurma)

She does not want to be separated from her friends.
She is not ill.
She is afraid she'll be executed.
She is afraid of the incompetence of the physicians.
18)

What does Ginzburg write? (from Part I, Chapter 39, Next Year in Jerusalem | Part I, Chapter 40, Day after Day, Month after Month)

A treatise on the abuses of the Soviet system.
An appeal to the head of the Politburo.
A novel about her childhood.
A chapbook of poetry.
19)

How does Ginzburg characterize Marya Dogadkina? (from Part II, Chapter 7, Elgen is the Yakut Word for Dead | Part II, Chapter 8, Tree-Felling)

An illiterate peasant.
An angel.
A devil.
A pleasant but incompetent supervisor.
20)

How old is Ginzburg when she is writing this book? (from Part II, Epilogue)

40s.
50s.
70s.
60s.
21)

Why does Ginzburg believe she was lucky not to have signed anything? (from Part I, Chapter 31, The Pugachev Tower | Part I, Chapter 32, The Stolypin Coach)

When Stalin is out of power, she might have been ostracized.
She might have been sent to a worse prison.
She might have received a longer sentence.
A woman who did so is executed.
22)

Why are Julia and Ginzburg put outside for an hour and a half? (from Part I, Chapter 41, A Breath of Oxygen | Part I, Chapter 42, A Fire in Prison)

So the guards can contain the fire.
So the guards can hose down the cells.
So the other prisoners do not hear them complain.
So they can get some Vitamin D from the sunshine.
23)

What happens when Ginzburg and Karepova are put in a cell together? (from Part I, Chapter 35, Bright Nights and Dark Days | Part I, Chapter 36, Captain Glan's Dog)

They plot ways to escape.
They blame each other for being a turncoat.
They talk for hours on end at end.
They ration their speaking so as not to run out of things to say.
24)

What are Ginzburg to be allowed to do? (from Part I, Chapter 43, Punishment Cell for the Second Time | Part I, Chapter 44, Memories of Giorano Bruno)

Work in the prison library.
Work in the prison kitchen.
Go outside every day.
Work in the Governor's home.
25)

Where is Ginzburg taken? (from Part I, Chapter 23, To Moscow | Part I, Chapter 24, Transfer)

Black Lake.
Siberia.
She is released to go home.
Manuch Prison.
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