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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 45, The End of the Monstrous Dwarf | Part I, Chapter 46, Great Expectations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Yezhov?
(a) A Party organizer.
(b) A close advisor to Stalin.
(c) The former Commissar-General.
(d) The new prison Governor.

2. Who apologizes to Ginzburg?
(a) Abdullin.
(b) Yegereva.
(c) Lyama.
(d) Sagidullin.

3. What does Sagidullin think is the reason for the current purge?
(a) There does not seem to be a reason for it.
(b) To get Stalin's cronies into all the important positions in the government.
(c) To trim the party, which had stopped being such an elite organization.
(d) To kill off anyone that might challenge Stalin.

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

5. Where is Ginzburg taken?
(a) The offices of the Moscow Secret Police.
(b) The Crimean Prison.
(c) Lefortovo prison.
(d) The Warden's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What eventually happens to Sagidullin?

2. To what does Ginzburg attribute her inability to distinguish one day from the next in the following year?

3. How is Ginzburg's new prison described?

4. Why is Ginzburg happy after her trial?

5. What happens to what they see?

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