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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 9, Expelled from the Party | Part I, Chapter 10, That Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after her hearing is Ginzburg arrested?
(a) Eight days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One day.
(d) Several months.

2. Who is Alyosha?
(a) Ginzburg's best friend who disappears.
(b) Ginzburg's oldest son.
(c) The judge that sentences Ginzburg.
(d) Ginzburg's brother who disappears.

3. Why is Ginsburg sad on September 1, 1935?
(a) She is no longer allowed to teach and it's the first day of school.
(b) It is the anniversary of when her young daughter had died.
(c) It is the anniversary of when her young son had died.
(d) It is the anniversary of when she first started teaching.

4. What is the ultimate outcome of the party meeting?
(a) Ginzbug is reprimanded, but it is later canceled.
(b) Ginzburg must submit a vociferously-worded condemnation of Trotsky.
(c) Ginzburg is told she can give no more public lectures for two years.
(d) Ginzburg's status is lowered at the University.

5. Who summons Ginzburg?
(a) The district committee.
(b) The head of the GGP.
(c) The deputy chief of the Moscow Communist party.
(d) The politburo in Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stalin label sections of the book that Elvov writes?

2. Why is Elvov apologizing to Ginzburg?

3. Why does Pitkovskaya condemn her husband?

4. What does Ginzburg's husband advise against her doing?

5. To what series of books has Elvov contributed an article?

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