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

2. 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 asks forgiveness from the party.
(d) She confesses to everything of which she is accused.

3. What is the so-called method when Ginzburg is harshly interrogated by uninterrupted interrogation with different interrogators?
(a) The Conveyor Belt.
(b) The gauntlet.
(c) The Stream.
(d) Waterboarding.

4. What does Livanov ask Ginzburg concerning Elvov?
(a) How Ginzburg knew Elvov.
(b) If Elvov ever passed secret documents to Ginzburg.
(c) Whether Elvov and Ginzburg were having an affair.
(d) Why Ginzburg wrote several letters to Elvov supporting his ideas.

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