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) A doctor who gives Ginzburg a slip saying she was ill.
(b) Stalin's son-in-law and head of the Foreign Propaganda office.
(c) The new Chariman of the Bureau of Party Political Control.
(d) The head of the local GPU.

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

3. What does Tsarevsky say about Elvov?
(a) He has confessed to participating in a plot against Stalin.
(b) He has said Ginzburg contacted him about killing another party member.
(c) He has killed himself.
(d) He has confessed against Ginzburg.

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

5. How does Ginzburg defend herself?
(a) By saying that her lecture was not about Trotsky.
(b) By saying that Stalin's deputy of foreign affairs gave her the book.
(c) By saying she was in the hospital and has a note to prove it.
(d) By saying no one in her area has denounced Elvov either.