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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 39, Next Year in Jerusalem | Part I, Chapter 40, Day after Day, Month after Month.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ginzburg, Rimma, Ira and Julia discover?
(a) They are all unwilling to compromise their beliefs.
(b) They have one thing in common that may have led to their arrests.
(c) They are bonding over the stress of prison.
(d) They are the only women transferred to Moscow.

2. What is returned to Ginzburg?
(a) Her dentures.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her papers.
(d) Her watch.

3. What do the women become proficient at during the day?
(a) Sleeping in a sitting position.
(b) Communicating with other prisoners.
(c) Maximizing their exercise time.
(d) Convincing the guards to give them more priviledges.

4. What is the so-called method when Ginzburg is harshly interrogated by uninterrupted interrogation with different interrogators?
(a) The Stream.
(b) The Conveyor Belt.
(c) Waterboarding.
(d) The gauntlet.

5. What do the two women do at night instead of sleeping?
(a) Read.
(b) Create games to play.
(c) Play cards.
(d) Have philosophical discussions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Captain Vevers?

2. Who is Comrade Beylin?

3. What does Vevers use frequently?

4. Who is Alyosha?

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

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