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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 had a spiritual strength.
(c) She wanted to be a good example for her children.
(d) She wanted to be a good example for other Party members who are falsely accused.

2. What does Ginzburg consider as she is traveling back to Moscow?
(a) Writing a condemnation of Trotsky.
(b) Denouncing her best friend.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Forming a group to assassinate Stalin.

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

4. Who is Comrade Beylin?
(a) The new Chariman of the Bureau of Party Political Control.
(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 head of the local GPU.

5. What incenses Ginzburg about how her answers are recorded?
(a) They are skewed to fit the judgment the interrogator is trying to justify.
(b) They show her as much closer to Elvov than she is.
(c) They are recorded inacurrately.
(d) They put her family in a collaborative position.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the criminal offense of which Ginzburg is now accused?

2. Why is Ginzburg sent home?

3. Who agonizes over the hearing on Ginzburg?

4. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?

5. What eventually stops this first round of the new type of interrogations?

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