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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. Why is Ginzburg summoned to a Party meeting?
(a) For having a book in her home that was published outside of Russia.
(b) For missing two meetings in a row when she was ill.
(c) For not denouncing Elvov.
(d) For failing to denouce Trotsky strenuously enough in a recent lecture.

2. What does Ginzburg call her mother-in-law?
(a) Mother.
(b) Avdo.
(c) Mrs. Aksyonnova.
(d) Grandmother.

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

4. What is Ginzburg told in the meeting?
(a) She is to go work on a communal farm and teach there.
(b) She is expelled from the Communist Party.
(c) She is exonerated of all but three minor charges.
(d) She is to be executed.

5. What is the criminal offense of which Ginzburg is now accused?
(a) Inciting riots.
(b) Collaborating with the enemy.
(c) Teaching heresy.
(d) Conspiracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ginsburg sad on September 1, 1935?

2. Why does Pitkovskaya condemn her husband?

3. Where is Elvov now according to Tsarevsky?

4. Who summons Ginzburg?

5. How does Ginzburg defend herself?

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