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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Zinaida Abramova?
(a) The wife of the prime minister of Tartary.
(b) A torturer.
(c) A person placed in the prison as a spy.
(d) An old friend of Ginzburg's.

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

3. Who is Lyama Shepel?
(a) Ginzburg's cell mate.
(b) One of the interrogators.
(c) A cook at the prison.
(d) Ginzburg's family servant.

4. To where has Ginzburg's case been referred?
(a) The Military Intelligence branch of investigations.
(b) The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union.
(c) Back to her home town council.
(d) Her case has been dismissed.

5. What does Vevers use frequently?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) LSD.

6. Where is Ginzburg sent at the opening of Chapter 19?
(a) Krasin Street Prison.
(b) Home.
(c) Siberia.
(d) St. Petersburg.

7. Who is Captain Vevers?
(a) The head of the secret police in Moscow.
(b) The man who interrogates Ginzburg.
(c) The man who tries to be kind to Ginzburg in prison.
(d) The man who forces the interrogator to be humane when questioning Ginzburg.

8. What has happened to the entire government of Tartary?
(a) The have been imprisoned.
(b) The Tartary government meetings have been suspended.
(c) They have resigned their positions en-masse.
(d) The Tartary government has been accused of collusion with terrorists.

9. What happens on Red Army Day?
(a) Ginzburg is tortured.
(b) Ginzburg is released to go home.
(c) Ginzburg is taken into a different office and is given the soft approach.
(d) Ginzburg is flogged.

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

11. To what does Ginzburg attribute her not signing anything that was false?
(a) The more brutal means of interrogations were not yet used.
(b) She wanted to be a good example for her children.
(c) She had a spiritual strength.
(d) She wanted to be a good example for other Party members who are falsely accused.

12. What is the evidence that many people are being charged?
(a) The sounds of torture are everywhere.
(b) The prison cells are overcrowded.
(c) Food is scarce.
(d) The whole system is running 24 hours per day.

13. How does Ginzburg describe Stalin?
(a) Ugly and repulsive.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Insane.
(d) Virile.

14. What is Ginzburg told about her husband?
(a) He is divorcing her.
(b) He has also been arrested.
(c) He has disowned her.
(d) He has hired a good lawyer.

15. Who is Yefrem?
(a) A man who offers the prisoners some food when the truck is stopped.
(b) A driver of the Black Maria.
(c) One of Ginzburg's former students.
(d) A secret police guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Milda encourage Ginzburg to do?

2. What does Ginzburg observe when she arrives in Moscow?

3. To what series of books has Elvov contributed an article?

4. Why does Ginzburg pass out?

5. Where is Ginzburg taken?

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