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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 1, Car Number 7 | Part II, Chapter 2, All Sorts to Make a World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Julia determined to see?
(a) Her grandchildren again.
(b) The New Year.
(c) Her husband again.
(d) Her children grow up.

2. Where is Ginzburg taken?
(a) The Crimean Prison.
(b) The offices of the Moscow Secret Police.
(c) Lefortovo prison.
(d) The Warden's office.

3. How does Ginzburg defend herself?
(a) By saying that Stalin's deputy of foreign affairs gave her the book.
(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 no one in her area has denounced Elvov either.

4. How does Pitkovskaya commit suicide?
(a) She hangs herself.
(b) She sets herself on fire.
(c) She drinks acid.
(d) She shoots herself.

5. What is significant about the date February 15, 1937?
(a) It is Ginzburg's last day to teach.
(b) It is the day Ginzburg was imprisoned.
(c) It is Ginzburg's birthday.
(d) It is Ginzburg's wedding anniversary day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Elvov now according to Tsarevsky?

2. Why is Ginzburg sent home?

3. What does Ginzburg think they are doing that is causing the screaming?

4. Why does Pitkovskaya condemn her husband?

5. What are Ginzburg and the other prisoners no longer permitted to do?

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