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

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

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

4. What does Ginzburg say in her letter to the secret police?
(a) She criticizes them for their methods.
(b) She absolves her family in her crimes.
(c) She confesses to everything of which she is accused.
(d) She asks forgiveness from the party.

5. Why does Pitkovskaya condemn her husband?
(a) He was embezzling.
(b) He was going to make up lies about her involvement with Elvov.
(c) She loves the Party more than she loves him.
(d) He beat her all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the so-called method when Ginzburg is harshly interrogated by uninterrupted interrogation with different interrogators?

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

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

4. Who summons Ginzburg?

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

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