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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. For how long is Ginzburg at Yaroslavl?
(a) A little over two years.
(b) Her entire prison sentence.
(c) About a year.
(d) Just a couple months.

2. What happens when Ginzburg and Karepova are put in a cell together?
(a) They ration their speaking so as not to run out of things to say.
(b) They plot ways to escape.
(c) They talk for hours on end at end.
(d) They blame each other for being a turncoat.

3. What happens when the Chinese prisoner laughs?
(a) She is whipped.
(b) The entire cell block erupts in laughter.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She is put in solitary confinement.

4. In what year does Professor Elvov visit Ginzburg?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1937.

5. Why is Ginzburg happy after her trial?
(a) She receives three years but is allowed to serve in her home town.
(b) She is only given two years.
(c) She is not to be executed.
(d) She is released for time served.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vevers use frequently?

2. What is interesting about the prison library?

3. Who is Lyama Shepel?

4. How old is Elvov when he visits Ginzburg?

5. What eventually stops this first round of the new type of interrogations?

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