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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 21, Orphans Twice Over | Part I, Chapter 22, Tukhachevsky and Others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What incenses Ginzburg about how her answers are recorded?
(a) They put her family in a collaborative position.
(b) They are recorded inacurrately.
(c) They are skewed to fit the judgment the interrogator is trying to justify.
(d) They show her as much closer to Elvov than she is.

2. What happens after a period of regular interrogations?
(a) Ginzburg is shown her son being interrogated.
(b) Ginzburg is made to stay awake.
(c) Ginzburg is physically abused.
(d) The interrogations stop.

3. Where is Elvov now according to Tsarevsky?
(a) At his home.
(b) In the Gulag.
(c) In the same cellar as Ginzburg.
(d) Dead.

4. Why is Elvov apologizing to Ginzburg?
(a) He misunderstood one of her articles and cut it from the series.
(b) He is unable to help her identify two anonymous Stalin spies.
(c) Her association with him may be costly to her.
(d) He is inaccurate in a quote from her.

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. What does Lydia tell Ginzburg that God does?

2. What is the so-called method when Ginzburg is harshly interrogated by uninterrupted interrogation with different interrogators?

3. What does Ginzburg call her mother-in-law?

4. To what series of books has Elvov contributed an article?

5. Who is Captain Vevers?

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