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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 13, The Investigators Have Conclusive Evidence | Part I, Chapter 14, Stick and Carrot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The head of the local GPU.
(d) Stalin's son-in-law and head of the Foreign Propaganda office.

2. What happens on Red Army Day?
(a) Ginzburg is released to go home.
(b) Ginzburg is tortured.
(c) Ginzburg is flogged.
(d) Ginzburg is taken into a different office and is given the soft approach.

3. What might happen if Ginzburg makes any stops along the way to present herself for the arrest warrant?
(a) She might be shot.
(b) She could make things even more difficult for herself or loved ones.
(c) Her mother might become hysterical.
(d) She might get an even harsher sentence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do many people believe they are safe from arrest?

5. Who is Alyosha?

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