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

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

3. What form of communications does Ginzburg learn?
(a) Number codes.
(b) A form of shorthand.
(c) Knocking on walls.
(d) Music.

4. 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.

5. Who is Garey Sagidullin?
(a) A janitor.
(b) An old professor.
(c) An interrogator.
(d) A prison guard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What eventually happens to Sagidullin?

3. How is Ginzburg's new prison described?

4. About what does Julia become optimistic?

5. How long does Ginzburg's trial last?

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