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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 25, Introduction to Butyrki | Part I, Chapter 26, The Whole of the Comintern.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ginzburg do when she explodes in anger at this latest charge?
(a) Tries to kill herself.
(b) Denounces Yaroslavsky.
(c) Curses Stalin.
(d) Denounces her husband.

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

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 loyal party members.
(d) They are not active in politics.

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

5. What does Ginzburg observe when she arrives in Moscow?
(a) Only the intelligentsia have been targeted.
(b) The purges have been massive.
(c) Her husband is here.
(d) Her son is here.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after a period of regular interrogations?

2. What news does Ginzburg get one day in a singing message?

3. Where did Lyama's family work?

4. Who is one person Zinaida Abramova says has been arrested?

5. What does Lydia tell Ginzburg that God does?

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