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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. What does Kucherenko demand?
2. Whom does Ginzburg have in mind as she is writing her memoirs?
3. How is Julia and Ginzburg's existence described?
4. Why are Ginzburg and the others put in punishment cells?
5. What are Ginzburg and the other prisoners no longer permitted to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the rules Ginzburg mentions as being cited on a paper hanging on the wall?
2. What happens when Ginzburg is having a conversation with Zinaida Tulub?
3. How old is Ginzburg when she is writing this book and what does she find difficult to believe?
4. What happens when Julia and Ginzburg see a flower in the courtyard?
5. How do Ginzburg and her mother write letters to each other in code and what is an example of one such letter?
6. What happens that causes Julia and Ginzburg to eat their hoarded supply of sugar and bread?
7. How does Ginzburg offer an act of forgiveness for the man who labeled Ginzburg a terrorist?
8. What happens when Ginzburg is taken to Magadan Infirmary?
9. What small joy do Ginzburg and the other prisoners enjoy when the Black Maria is late?
10. Who teaches the new prisoners how to fake their lumber quota?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
People are an important part of what makes Journey Into the Whirlwind interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Eugenia Ginzburg. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Stalin. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Julia. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
The train ride is especially telling of the life that the women are about to be plunged into. It also reveals a host of ideas and differences among the women with respect to Communism, Stalin, and themselves. A few fanatical women believe Stalin is innocent of the evil of his subordinates; others have come to hate the entire system. But just as their political differences threaten to pull them apart, they decide to band together and look out for each other as best they can.
1. Discuss the reasons some women might still hold to the idea that Stalin himself was not personally responsible for what was going on. Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
2. What do you think can happen to a system of government if a majority of its citizens begin to hate the system? Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
3. How do you think the women were able to set aside political differences to help each other and what does that imply for other groups of people in the world? Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
Essay Topic 3
Stalin's regime, in conjunction with the frailties of the Communist system, seek to stamp out even perceived opposition to their control. They fear a popular uprising, similar to the uprising they led years before against Czar Nicholas. And in order to maintain power, and continue to instill fear in their people, they continue to apply weight to the people. Apathetic and disinterested Communists are libeled for not denouncing their lesser fellow citizens.
1. Discuss why totalitarian governments are prone to worry about opposition. Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
2. Discuss the ways in which a government can maintain power by the use of fear. Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
3. Explain how requiring citizens to denounce other citizens created the actual situation that Stalin feared. Use examples from Journey Into the Whirlwind and your own life to support your response.
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