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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For how long does this form of interrogation last?
(a) 7 days.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) A few hours.
2. How old is the youngest woman in the cell with Ginzburg?
(a) 23.
(b) 26.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.
3. How does Ginzburg defend herself?
(a) By saying no one in her area has denounced Elvov either.
(b) By saying she was in the hospital and has a note to prove it.
(c) By saying that her lecture was not about Trotsky.
(d) By saying that Stalin's deputy of foreign affairs gave her the book.
4. Who is Captain Vevers?
(a) The head of the secret police in Moscow.
(b) The man who tries to be kind to Ginzburg in prison.
(c) The man who forces the interrogator to be humane when questioning Ginzburg.
(d) The man who interrogates Ginzburg.
5. What eventually happens to Sagidullin?
(a) He is released.
(b) He is sentenced to death, which is commuted to life in prison.
(c) He is sent to Sibera for six years.
(d) He is shot.
6. To what does Ginzburg attribute her not signing anything that was false?
(a) She wanted to be a good example for her children.
(b) She had a spiritual strength.
(c) She wanted to be a good example for other Party members who are falsely accused.
(d) The more brutal means of interrogations were not yet used.
7. Why do many people believe they are safe from arrest?
(a) They have been given medals from Stalin.
(b) They are loyal party members.
(c) They are not active in politics.
(d) They teach in very remote areas.
8. Who is Garey Sagidullin?
(a) A prison guard.
(b) An interrogator.
(c) An old professor.
(d) A janitor.
9. Who is Alyosha?
(a) The judge that sentences Ginzburg.
(b) Ginzburg's brother who disappears.
(c) Ginzburg's best friend who disappears.
(d) Ginzburg's oldest son.
10. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?
(a) Self-serving.
(b) Honest but flawed.
(c) Corrupt and hypocritical.
(d) They are conducted by incompetent judges.
11. What does Vevers use frequently?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) LSD.
12. Who is Yefrem?
(a) A driver of the Black Maria.
(b) One of Ginzburg's former students.
(c) A man who offers the prisoners some food when the truck is stopped.
(d) A secret police guard.
13. What does Lydia tell Ginzburg that God does?
(a) Triumphs in the end.
(b) Watches over fatherless children.
(c) Punishes wicked doers.
(d) Exacts vengeance.
14. Where is Ginzburg taken?
(a) The offices of the Moscow Secret Police.
(b) The Crimean Prison.
(c) Lefortovo prison.
(d) The Warden's office.
15. What is the maximum penalty for the crimes with which Ginzburg is charged?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 to 30 years.
(c) Death.
(d) Life imprisonment.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ginzburg say in her letter to the secret police?
2. What does Ginzburg call her mother-in-law?
3. Who apologizes to Ginzburg?
4. What incenses Ginzburg about how her answers are recorded?
5. What news does Ginzburg get one day in a singing message?
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