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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 9, Salvation from Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Elgen like compared to Kolyma?
(a) About the same.
(b) Much worse.
(c) The work is much easier.
(d) It is very small in comparison.

2. Who surrounds the women as they march to the camp?
(a) The countryside.
(b) Guards and dogs.
(c) Peasant farmers.
(d) Male prisoners.

3. What do most of the women receive for sentences?
(a) 1-4 years.
(b) 20-30 years.
(c) 5-8 years.
(d) 10-15 years.

4. Who is the latest of the higher members of the Party to be imprisoned?
(a) Bukharin.
(b) Yezhov.
(c) Tukhachevsky.
(d) Zhdanov.

5. What is significant about the date February 15, 1937?
(a) It is the day Ginzburg was imprisoned.
(b) It is Ginzburg's last day to teach.
(c) It is Ginzburg's birthday.
(d) It is Ginzburg's wedding anniversary day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pitkovskaya condemn her husband?

2. What happens when the Chinese prisoner laughs?

3. How long after her hearing is Ginzburg arrested?

4. How is Vevers described?

5. Why does Ginzburg consider herself lucky as far as her sentence?

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