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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 17, The Conveyor Belt | Part I, Chapter 18, Confrontations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Ginzburg attribute her not signing anything that was false?
(a) The more brutal means of interrogations were not yet used.
(b) She wanted to be a good example for other Party members who are falsely accused.
(c) She wanted to be a good example for her children.
(d) She had a spiritual strength.

2. What is Ginzburg told in the meeting?
(a) She is exonerated of all but three minor charges.
(b) She is to be executed.
(c) She is to go work on a communal farm and teach there.
(d) She is expelled from the Communist Party.

3. What does Tsarevsky say about Elvov?
(a) He has confessed against Ginzburg.
(b) He has said Ginzburg contacted him about killing another party member.
(c) He has confessed to participating in a plot against Stalin.
(d) He has killed himself.

4. How does Pitkovskaya commit suicide?
(a) She shoots herself.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) She drinks acid.
(d) She sets herself on fire.

5. Where is Elvov now according to Tsarevsky?
(a) At his home.
(b) In the same cellar as Ginzburg.
(c) Dead.
(d) In the Gulag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ginzburg's husband advise against her doing?

2. What happens on Red Army Day?

3. What does Ginzburg do when she explodes in anger at this latest charge?

4. What does Vevers use frequently?

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

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