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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. Who summons Ginzburg?
(a) The politburo in Moscow.
(b) The deputy chief of the Moscow Communist party.
(c) The district committee.
(d) The head of the GGP.

2. What is the ultimate outcome of the party meeting?
(a) Ginzburg must submit a vociferously-worded condemnation of Trotsky.
(b) Ginzburg is told she can give no more public lectures for two years.
(c) Ginzburg's status is lowered at the University.
(d) Ginzbug is reprimanded, but it is later canceled.

3. Who agonizes over the hearing on Ginzburg?
(a) Her friends who are caught in their own false accusations.
(b) One of her former students whoi s the head of the committee.
(c) Ginzburg's favorite mentor.
(d) Ginzburg's third cousin who must pronounce the judgement.

4. For how long does this form of interrogation last?
(a) Several weeks.
(b) 7 days.
(c) A few hours.
(d) 3 days.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Ginzburg attribute her not signing anything that was false?

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

3. What does Ginzburg say in her letter to the secret police?

4. Why is Ginzburg summoned to a Party meeting?

5. What incenses Ginzburg about how her answers are recorded?

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