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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Garey Sagidullin?

2. What is returned to Ginzburg?

3. What does Ginzburg want to prove?

4. Where is Ginzburg sent at the opening of Chapter 19?

5. What might happen if Ginzburg makes any stops along the way to present herself for the arrest warrant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the situation that occurs concerning Carola Heintschke.

2. What is the "Conveyor Belt" interrogation method and how is it used on Ginzburg?

3. How is Ginzburg's mother-in-law described and what does she advise Ginzburg?

4. Describe the interrogation of Ginzburg by Livanov.

5. How is Ginzburg's situation changed on Red Army Day?

6. Who is Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg and why is she awakened early in the morning on December 1, 1934?

7. To where is Ginzburg's case referred, and what is significant about that fact?

8. What does a friendly soldier tell Ginzburg on her way back to Butyrki after her trial?

9. What does Ginzburg discover about the charges against her as she is traveling back to Moscow?

10. Who is Garey Sagidullin and what does Ginzburg learn from him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Journey Into the Whirlwind.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Journey Into the Whirlwind. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Journey Into the Whirlwind. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Journey Into the Whirlwind help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Journey Into the Whirlwind? Why or why not?

3. Choose one specific incident in Journey Into the Whirlwind to discuss and compare one of the characters' response to how you think you would respond.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all memoirs have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Journey Into the Whirlwind, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Journey Into the Whirlwind. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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