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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 9, Expelled from the Party | Part I, Chapter 10, That Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ginzburg want to prove?
(a) Gossip is not truth.
(b) Stalin is mentally unstable.
(c) Stalin is going to far.
(d) She is innocent.

2. How long after her hearing is Ginzburg arrested?
(a) Eight days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Several months.
(d) One day.

3. Why do many people believe they are safe from arrest?
(a) They teach in very remote areas.
(b) They have been given medals from Stalin.
(c) They are not active in politics.
(d) They are loyal party members.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginzburg defend herself?

2. What does Ginzburg consider as she is traveling back to Moscow?

3. What is Ginzburg told in the meeting?

4. Who summons Ginzburg?

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

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