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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 47, A Bathhouse! Just an Ordinary Bathhouse! | Part I, Chapter 48, The Ruins of Sclusselburg.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Ginzburg believe she was lucky not to have signed anything?
(a) When Stalin is out of power, she might have been ostracized.
(b) She might have received a longer sentence.
(c) A woman who did so is executed.
(d) She might have been sent to a worse prison.

3. Who is Pickwick?
(a) The doctor who treats Julia and Ginzburg.
(b) A kind, elderly guard.
(c) A new prisoner.
(d) The new prison Governor.

4. What does Nabob sentence Ginzburg to do?
(a) To hand over all her writing materials.
(b) To move to a cell by herself and where talk to no one else.
(c) To not eat for a week.
(d) To spend three days in the underground punishment cell.

5. What was Julia Karepova's career before imprisonment?
(a) Biologist.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Physics Professor.
(d) Historian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does "Northern Worker" carry?

2. How long does Ginzburg's trial last?

3. What happens that brightens the prisoners' lives?

4. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?

5. What helps Ginzburg sleep?

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