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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. How long after her hearing is Ginzburg arrested?
2. What does Lydia tell Ginzburg that God does?
3. How does Stalin label sections of the book that Elvov writes?
4. What does Ginzburg want to prove?
5. Why do many people believe they are safe from arrest?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the interrogation of Ginzburg by Livanov.
2. Describe the situation that occurs concerning Carola Heintschke.
3. How is Ginzburg's mother-in-law described and what does she advise Ginzburg?
4. Who are Ginzburg's new cell mates?
5. What is mentioned about the Red Tatary and why does Ginzburg threaten one prisoner in French?
6. What does one prisoner do and others follow that breaks up the horror of their situation momentarily?
7. Who is Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg and why is she awakened early in the morning on December 1, 1934?
8. What does Ginzburg discover about the charges against her as she is traveling back to Moscow?
9. Who are some of Ginzburg's cellmates at Krasin Street Prison?
10. What does a friendly soldier tell Ginzburg on her way back to Butyrki after her trial?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ginzburg's frustration over failing to prove her innocence increases to anger over the hypocrisy and corrupt nature of the hearings. The charges multiply against her. Suspicions, rumors, and false accusations are rippling throughout Soviet Russia, and as a result, no charges are being taken lightly. Ginzburg's charges now carry the weight of criminal offense.
1. Discuss how frustration might turn to anger in almost any situation. Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
2. What do you think the corruption of the hearings says about the government at the time? Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
3. Discuss the effects that suspicions, rumors, and false accusations might have on a society. Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of oppression in Journey Into the Whirlwind. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with oppression? Why? What are some symbols of oppression? What events demonstrate oppression? What do the major people think of oppression?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in Journey Into the Whirlwind. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of humanity in Journey Into the Whirlwind. Why are some people not considered human by the author? What is considered humane in Journey Into the Whirlwind? What evidence is there of inhumanity? How do the people react to inhumanity?
Essay Topic 3
Many memoirs, and perhaps a majority, of memoirs ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a memoir? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?
2. What are three reasons to read memoir? Discuss each one in light of Journey Into the Whirlwind and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Journey Into the Whirlwind is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
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