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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. How long does the second round of interrogations last?
(a) 1 day.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three hours.
(d) 5 days.

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

3. What does Ginzburg's husband advise against her doing?
(a) Defending her initial statements.
(b) Publicly saying goodbye to her children.
(c) Fighting the charges.
(d) Stopping to tell her mother goodbye.

4. What does Ginzburg do when she explodes in anger at this latest charge?
(a) Curses Stalin.
(b) Tries to kill herself.
(c) Denounces her husband.
(d) Denounces Yaroslavsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginzburg defend herself?

2. How long after her hearing is Ginzburg arrested?

3. What is Ginzburg told in the meeting?

4. Who is Alyosha?

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

(see the answer key)

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